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endemic

[en-dem-ik] / ɛnˈdɛm ɪk /


ADJECTIVE
(especially diseases) common in or exclusive to an area
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In a district where malaria is endemic, external, fever could mean several things at once.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Her client, who was grabbed by immigration agents at a car wash last August, was seeking asylum because of the violence endemic in his region of Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Treponematosis refers to a group of diseases that includes syphilis, yaws and endemic syphilis.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

If vaccination rates keep sinking and outbreaks become commonplace, measles could once again become endemic.

From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026

We have ameliorated on a planetary scale injustices that only recently were global and endemic.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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