Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—E

Endemic

Pertaining to a locality. An endemic disease is one common to a particular district, from which it shows no tendency to spread. Thus intermittent fevers are endemic in marshy places.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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