Endemic word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "endemic" word
[adjective] originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"
[adjective] (ecology) native to or confined to a certain region; "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species"
[adjective] (of disease or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality; "diseases endemic to the tropics"; "endemic malaria"; "food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world"
\En*dem"ic\, n. (Med.) An endemic disease. Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart, sometimes rises into an epidemic. --J. B. Heard.
\En*dem"ic\, a. Belonging or native to a particular people or country; native as distinguished from introduced or naturalized; hence, regularly or ordinarily occurring in a given region; local; as, a plant endemic in Australia; -- often distinguished from {exotic}. The traditions of folklore . . . from a kind of endemic symbolism. --F. W. H. Myers.
Synonyms for endemic
autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic disease, indigenous, native
Antonyms: cosmopolitan, epidemic, widely distributed
See also: disease |
Related terms: abnormality, autochthonous, chronic disease, congenital defect, disability, endocrine disease, epidemic, fungus disease, hereditary disease, indigenous, malaise, muscular disease, native-born, organic disease, original, pandemic, pandemic disease, pathology, pestiferous, plant disease, spreading, symptomatology
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Let's analyse "endemic" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Three syllables and Three vowels. 42.9% of vowels is 4.3% more then average English word. Written in backwards: CIMEDNE. Average typing speed for these characters is 1930 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
endemic: 5 + 5 + 9 = 19, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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