Synonyms for endemic
ɛnˈdɛm ɪken·dem·ic

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1. endemicadjective

   Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.

   Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.

   Synonyms:
   native

   Antonyms:
   introduced, alien

2. endemicadjective

   (Especially of plants and animals.) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.

   The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.

   Synonyms:
   indigenous

3. endemicadjective

   Antonyms:
   systemic

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1. endemic, endemic diseasenoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   endemic disease

   Antonyms:
   pestiferous, pestilential, epizootic, ecdemic, cosmopolitan, widely distributed, epiphytotic, foreign, plaguey, pestilent, strange, epidemic, pandemic

2. endemicadjective

   a plant that is native to a certain limited area

   "it is an endemic found only this island"

   Synonyms:
   endemic disease

   Antonyms:
   pestilent, pestilential, strange, epiphytotic, ecdemic, pandemic, widely distributed, plaguey, foreign, epizootic, pestiferous, epidemic, cosmopolitan

3. endemic, endemicaladjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemical, indigenous

   Antonyms:
   pestilent, strange, epidemic, widely distributed, cosmopolitan, plaguey, epizootic, epiphytotic, pandemic, pestiferous, ecdemic, pestilential, foreign

4. endemicadjective

   native to or confined to a certain region

   "the islands have a number of interesting endemic species"

   Synonyms:
   autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemical, indigenous

   Antonyms:
   pestilential, pandemic, pestilent, widely distributed, epizootic, pestiferous, epiphytotic, ecdemic, foreign, cosmopolitan, strange, epidemic, plaguey

5. autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenousadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   endemical, autochthonous, autochthonic, autochthonal, indigenous

   Antonyms:
   foreign, widely distributed, pandemic, epizootic, ecdemic, epiphytotic, pestilential, plaguey, strange, pestiferous, epidemic, pestilent, cosmopolitan

Matched Categories

1. • Disease
   • Ecology

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. endemicadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) of a particular district

2. endemicnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) endemical disease

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1. List of paraphrases for "endemic":

   rampant, endemicity, hiv-endemic, rife, widespread, pervasive

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1. Govind Bisht:

   These trees, such as oak, rhododendron and the kharsu (an endemic species), are primarily responsible for groundwater recharging, but they are fast vanishing, being cut, whether for timber or for so-called ‘developmental works’ such as roads or tourist resorts.

2. Amesh Adalja:

   Some of the resource-poor countries where these diseases are endemic sometimes have a clearer path to getting these tests in people's hands than in the United States, where there's so much regulation and it's so hard to do a point-of-care test, i do think there's an advantage to having these tests in endemic countries so that people can get diagnoses quickly.

3. Simon Brooker:

   We can look at the shrinking of the map, regions that were endemic (for disease) are no longer endemic ... but what India is seeing is more and more hotspots of transmission.

4. Dirk Engels:

   Endemic countries can play their part, some endemic countries are fast developing, and as they move up the ladder they also have more means to pay for tackling NTDs.

5. Govind Bisht:

   These trees, such as oak, rhododendron and the kharsu (an endemic species), are primarily responsible for groundwater recharging, but they are fast vanishing, being cut, whether for timber or for so-called 'developmental works' such as roads or tourist resorts.