Definitions for endemic

endemic en·dem·ic

Spelling: [en-dem-ik]
IPA: /ɛnˈdɛm ɪk/

Endemic is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in endemic (cdeeimn).

Definitions for endemic

noun

  1. an endemic disease.

adjective

  1. natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous:
  2. belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place:

Origin of endemic

1655-65; New Latin endēmicus, equivalent to Greek éndēm(os) endemic (en- en-2 + dêm(os) people + -os adj. suffix) + Latin -icus -ic

Examples for endemic

One species and its two subspecies are endemic to the Solomons.

The first death from fever, or any other endemic, furnishes him with a pretext.

Indeed, a condition of rampant, endemic political corruption is known as a “kleptocracy”—literally, “rule by thieves.”

Riding any anti-Obama hobby horse is endemic to today's GOP.

As was to be expected, scurvy occurred most often in Russia, where it is endemic.

The findings are unlikely to surprise anyone who has ever worked in a restaurant: sexual harassment is endemic in the industry.

An outbreak in Madagascar, where the disease is endemic, already has involved more than 100 people and killed almost half.

endemic: occurring normally where found: native, not introduced.

These are the means resorted to in regions where brigandage is endemic.

Travel from an endemic area to an under-vaccinated population in the United States is a distinct possibility.

Word Value for endemic
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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