English-French translations for endemic

• endémique
  Mais elle est endémique en pays très pauvre. Yet this problem is endemic in extremely poor countries.
  La fièvre aphteuse est endémique dans les pays en développement. Foot-and-mouth disease is endemic in the developing world.
  par écrit. - (HU) L'allergie est la maladie endémique de notre temps. in writing. - (HU) Allergy is the endemic disease of our time.
• endémie
  Une étude récente réalisée par deux universités belges a montré le risque élevé d'endémie générée par la maladie de la langue bleue en Europe du Nord. A recent study by two Belgian universities demonstrates the high risk of the bluetongue disease becoming endemic in northern Europe.
• indigène

Definition of endemic

• Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs
• Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places
• Prevalent in a particular area or region
• An individual or species that is endemic to a region
• A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities

Examples

• The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.
• Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.
• Malaria is endemic to the tropics.

Related words

• endemicity
• endemic infection
• endemic disease