endemic 音标拼音: [ɛnd'ɛmɪk]
n . 地方病,风土病
a . 风土的,地方的
地方病,风土病风土的,地方的
endemic adj 1 :
of or relating to a disease (
or anything resembling a disease )
constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality ; "
diseases endemic to the tropics "; "
endemic malaria "; "
food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world "
[
synonym : {
endemic }, {
endemical }] [
ant : {
ecdemic },
{
epidemic }]
2 :
native to or confined to a certain region ; "
the islands have a number of interesting endemic species " [
ant :
{
cosmopolitan }, {
widely distributed }]
3 :
originating where it is found ; "
the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo "; "
autochthonous rocks and people and folktales "; "
endemic folkways "; "
the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan " [
synonym :
{
autochthonal }, {
autochthonic }, {
autochthonous }, {
endemic },
{
indigenous }]
n 1 :
a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location [
synonym : {
endemic }, {
endemic disease }]
2 :
a plant that is native to a certain limited area ; "
it is an endemic found only this island "
Endemic \
En *
dem "
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n . (
Med .)
An endemic disease .
[
1913 Webster ]
Fear ,
which is an endemic latent in every human heart ,
sometimes rises into an epidemic . --
J .
B .
Heard .
[
1913 Webster ]
Endemic \
En *
de "
mic \,
Endemical \
En *
de "
mic *
al \,
a . [
Gr . ?, ?; ?
?
the people :
cf .
F .
end ['
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mique .] (
Med .)
1 .
Peculiar to a district or particular locality ,
or class of persons ;
as ,
an endemic disease .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
An endemic disease is one which is constantly present to a greater or less degree in any place ,
as distinguished from an epidemic disease ,
which prevails widely at some one time ,
or periodically ,
and from a sporadic disease ,
of which a few instances occur now and then .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Belonging or native to a particular people or country ;
native as distinguished from introduced or naturalized ;
hence ,
regularly or ordinarily occurring in a given region ;
local ;
as ,
a plant endemic in Australia ; --
often distinguished from {
exotic }.
The traditions of folklore . . .
form a kind of endemic symbolism . --
F .
W .
H .
Myers .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
99 Moby Thesaurus words for "
endemic ":
abnormality ,
aboriginal ,
acute disease ,
affection ,
affliction ,
ailment ,
allergic disease ,
allergy ,
atrophy ,
autochthonous ,
bacterial disease ,
birth defect ,
blight ,
cardiovascular disease ,
catching ,
chronic disease ,
circulatory disease ,
communicable ,
complaint ,
complication ,
condition ,
congenital defect ,
contagious ,
defect ,
deficiency disease ,
deformity ,
degenerative disease ,
disability ,
disease ,
disorder ,
distemper ,
endemic disease ,
endocrine disease ,
epidemial ,
epidemic ,
epidemic disease ,
epiphytotic ,
epizootic ,
functional disease ,
fungus disease ,
gastrointestinal disease ,
genetic disease ,
handicap ,
hereditary disease ,
homebred ,
homegrown ,
iatrogenic disease ,
illness ,
indigenous ,
indisposition ,
infectious ,
infectious disease ,
infective ,
infirmity ,
inoculable ,
malady ,
malaise ,
morbidity ,
morbus ,
muscular disease ,
natal ,
native ,
native -
born ,
neurological disease ,
nutritional disease ,
occupational disease ,
organic disease ,
original ,
pandemic ,
pandemic disease ,
pathological condition ,
pathology ,
pestiferous ,
pestilential ,
plant disease ,
primitive ,
protozoan disease ,
psychosomatic disease ,
respiratory disease ,
rockiness ,
secondary disease ,
seediness ,
sickishness ,
sickness ,
signs ,
sporadic ,
spreading ,
symptomatology ,
symptomology ,
symptoms ,
syndrome ,
taking ,
the pip ,
urogenital disease ,
vernacular ,
virus disease ,
wasting disease ,
worm disease ,
zymotic
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