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  1. a. Alt. of Endemical
  2. n. An endemic disease.
  3. adj. of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality
  4. adj. native to or confined to a certain region
  5. adj. originating where it is found
  6. n. a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/disease">disease that is class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/constantly">constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
  7. n. a plant or animal that is native to a certain limited area
  8. class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/peculiar">Peculiar to a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/district">district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease. Note: An endemic disease is one which is constantly present to a greater or less degree in any place, as distinguished from an epidemic disease, which prevails widely at some one time, or periodically, and from a sporadic disease, of which a few instances occur now and then. An endemic disease. Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart, sometimes rises into an epidemic. J. B. Heard.
  9. An endemic disease.Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart, sometimesrises into an epidemic. J. B. Heard.
  10. j:100 n. a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/disease">disease that is class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/constantly">constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location n. a plant that is native to a certain limited area a. of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality a. native to or confined to a certain region