Endemic

Quick meaning: Endemic is an adjective meaning Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.

Meaning

Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.

More Meanings

1. (especially of plants and animals) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
2. (especially of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.
3. An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
4. A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.

Example Sentences

Malaria is endemic to the tropics.

Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.

The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.

The species that appeared as a consequence were endemics; that is, they were found nowhere else in the world.

Word Forms

• endemick
• endemics

Synonyms for endemic

Depending on context, synonyms include native, indigenous, precinctive, autochthonous, autochthonic, autochthonal.

Antonyms for endemic

Common opposites include alien, introduced, systemic, cosmopolitan, epidemic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include autochthonous, autochthonic, autochthonal, indigenous, native, epidemiological.

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