| Noun | 1. | endemic - a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular locationdisease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | |
| 2. | endemic - a plant that is native to a certain limited area; "it is an endemic found only this island" | |
| Adj. | 1. | endemic - of or relating to a 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"ecdemic - of or relating to a disease that originates outside the locality in which it occurs epidemic - (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza" | |
| 2. | endemic - native to or confined to a certain region; "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species" | |
| 3. | endemic - 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"native - being such by origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad" | |