adj :  restricted or peculiar to a locality or region < diseases>  <an species>  - compare EPIDEMIC1 SPORADIC  en*dem*i*cal*ly adv 
, n 1  :  an endemic disease or an instance of its occurrence  2  :  an endemic organism .
 
   
 
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