Endemical

[en'demikәl]

Definition

(a.) Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease.

Typed by Jolin

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. (Med.) Of a particular district.

Typist: Miranda

Definition

Endemial en-dē′mi-al adj. peculiar to a people or a district as a disease.—n. Endem′ic a disease affecting a number of persons simultaneously in such manner as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.—adv. Endem′ically.—ns. Endemi′city state of being endemic; Endemiol′ogy knowledge of endemic diseases.

Editor: Shanna