Word of the DayTuesday, October 04, 2011
endemic
\en-DEM-ik\ , adjective;
1.
Belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place.
2.
Natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous.
noun:
1.
An endemic disease.
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Quotes:
To avoid the transmission of the parasitic infection malaria, donors who have travelled to endemic areas are deferred.
-- André Picard, The Gift of Death
The interior of this particular police car smells like cigarettes, leather, sweat, and another odor I can't identify that seems endemic to police cars.
-- Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife
Origin:
Endemic is from Greek endemos "native," from en- "in" and demos "people, district."

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