[ɛnˈdɛmɪk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a disease) regularly occurring within an area or community
(e.g: areas where malaria is endemic)

- (of a plant or animal) native and restricted to a certain place
(e.g: a marsupial endemic tonorth-eastern Australia)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century (as a noun): from French endémique or modern Latin endemicus, from Greek endēmios ‘native’ (based on dēmos ‘people’)

[ɛnˈdɛmɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an endemic plant or animal
(e.g: there are three types of island endemics)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century (as a noun): from French endémique or modern Latin endemicus, from Greek endēmios ‘native’ (based on dēmos ‘people’)