different between endemic vs ecdemic

English

Alternative forms

• endemick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?? (en, “in”) + ????? (dêmos, “people”). Possibly via ??????? (énd?mos, “among one's people, at home, native”) and/or French endémique.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?n?d?m.?k/
• Rhymes: -?m?k

Adjective

endemic (not comparable)

1. Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.

   The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.

2. (especially of plants and animals) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.

   Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.

3. (especially of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region.

   Malaria is endemic to the tropics.

   • 1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”

     These problems are endemic to the theory of thematic roles as currently conceived, because the classification it implies simply does not correspond to legitimate linguistic semantic definitions.

   • 2017 July 26, Lindsay Murdoch, "Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand's first female PM, faces financial ruin and jail", in smh.com.au, The Sydney Morning Herald;

     In a country where corruption is endemic, no evidence has been presented that Ms Yingluck took any money from the rice scheme, which in 2012 and 2013 cost Thailand billions of dollars. But a state-appointed committee last year ordered her to pay the fine, finding she was to blame, even though it was government policy.

Usage notes

An endemic disease is one which is constantly present in a given area, though usually at low levels, whereas an epidemic is widespread and has a high incidence. A sporadic disease occurs now and then at low levels.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:endemic.

Synonyms

• (native to a particular area): native
• (peculiar to a particular area): indigenous

Antonyms

• (native to a particular area): alien, introduced
• (localized): systemic

Derived terms

Related terms

• ecdemic
• endemism
• epidemic
• pandemic

Translations

Noun

endemic (plural endemics)

1. An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 34:

     The species that appeared as a consequence were endemics; that is, they were found nowhere else in the world.

2. A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “endemic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Romanian

Etymology

From French endémique

Adjective

endemic m or n (feminine singular endemic?, masculine plural endemici, feminine and neuter plural endemice)

1. endemic

Declension

Related terms

• endemicitate

English

Adjective

ecdemic (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Originating from outside the area in which it occurs.

Related terms

• endemic
• epidemic