1600-1700Frenchendémique, from Greekendemia ‘living in a particular place’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Cholera was endemic in Mexico in the 19th century.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Diagnostic and then treatment centers would be set up in those states where the disease was endemic.
In the first world, misfortune and suffering were endemic and unavoidable.
Quite apart from the class conflict endemic in capitalism, the economic system itself is beset with instabilities.
Sutherland demonstrated that corporate crime was widespread and virtually endemic in contemporary national and transnational corporations.
This identification of the problems provides the foundation for the solving of these endemic deficiencies.
Though such rumours can not be proved, they are so endemic that they suggest something of the sort has been occurring.
We know that once these organisms get introduced into a hospital, they just become endemic.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►endemic corruption
(=always present)· Firstly, we need to tackle the corruption that is endemic in the system.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►area
· Furthermore, there is concern about foodstuffs imported from newly endemic areas.· Using narrow-necked water containers to reduce the risk of cholera in homes without running water in cholera-endemic areas.
an endemic disease or problem is always present in a particular place, or among a particular group of people → epidemic, pandemic: Violent crime is now endemic in parts of Chicago.