n 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 location
n a plant that is native to a certain limited area
it is an endemic found only this island
a 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
a native to or confined to a certain region
the islands have a number of interesting endemic species
Malaria is endemic to the tropics but the variants are spreading in other latitudes.
Influenza, tertian fever, leprosy were all endemic, along with tapeworm and a mysterious intestinal infestation that made its victim long to eat earth.
And Bush was an early and enthusiastic supporter of our initiative to establish a fund for combating endemic illnesses.
New York Has Its Very Own Military Sexual Assault Problem As Congress tries, unsuccessfully , to find some outside way to curb military sexual assaults, a new investigation into "officer misconduct" is on in New York's very own Air National Guard, where a retired lieutenant colonel in the 109th Airlift Wing (which flies huge, ski-going cargo planes) says the problem of sexual misconduct is endemic.
June 14, 2013 - New York Magazine
Belgian Awful: Ambassador's Prostitute Excuse Won't Help State's Coverup Case The tabloid favorite amongst the brewing new State Department investigations isn't the alleged Baghdad drug-ring cover-up, or the alleged Honduras killings cover-up, or even the alleged cover-up of Hillary Clinton's security detail for an "endemic" solicitation of prostitutes. No, the sexiest of the Foggy Bottom probes — all of which State officials are trying to explain away — has to do with ...
June 12, 2013 - The Atlantic Wire via Yahoo! News
State Dept. Dismisses Allegations of 'Endemic' Misconduct In the wake of a CBS News report of charges of wrongdoing at the State Dept., spokeswoman pledges full investigation; says any impropriety "hardly endemic"
June 11, 2013 - KTVA Anchorage
Barack Obama in Forbes Very many people sat up and listened, but the government didn't like it,Said Obama said of his nephew's speech. "It touched a nerve they didn't want touched. The corruption is endemic here and tribalism cannot escape your eyes - you just...
Sir Menzies Campbell in International Herald Tribune The unpalatable truth is this ...... we will leave behind a country on the brink of civil war, where reconstruction has stalled, where corruption is endemic and a region which is a lot less stable than it was in 2003,Campbell said.