| 单词 | endemic |
| 释义 | endemic —endemically, adv. —endemism /en"deuh miz'euhm/, endemicity /en'deuh mis"i tee/, n. /en dem"ik/, adj. Also, endemical. 1. natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous: endemic folkways; countries where high unemployment is endemic. 2. belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place: a fever endemic to the tropics. n. 3. an endemic disease. [1655-65; < NL endemicus, equiv. to Gk éndem(os) endemic (en- EN-2 + dêm(os) people + -os adj. suffix) + L -icus -IC] |
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