endemic
adjective
[ ɛnˈdɛmɪk ]
• (of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.
• "complacency is endemic in industry today"
• (of a plant or animal) native and restricted to a certain place.
• "a marsupial endemic to north-eastern Australia"
endemic
noun
• an endemic plant or animal.
• "there are three types of island endemics"
Origin:
mid 17th century (as a noun): from French endémique or modern Latin endemicus, from Greek endēmios ‘native’ (based on dēmos ‘people’).
