— endemically , adv. — endemism /en"deuh miz'euhm/ , endemicity /en'deuh mis"i tee/ , n.
/en dem"ik/ , adj. Also, endemical .
1. natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous: endemic folkways; countries where high unemployment is endemic.
2. belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place: a fever endemic to the tropics.
n.
3. an endemic disease.
[ 1655-65; endemicus, equiv. to Gk éndem ( os ) endemic ( en- EN- 2 + dêm ( os ) people + -os adj. suffix) + L -icus -IC ]