endemic

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n. 地方病 a. 某地(或某些人中)流行的, 地方的

发音

UK /ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk/
US /ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk/
AU
UK /ɪnˈdɛm.ɪk/
US /ɪnˈdɛm.ɪk/

词形变化

endemics 复数 endemics

别名

endemick

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An individual or species that is endemic to a region.

    地方特有种

  2. 2.

    A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.

    地方病

    风土病

adj.
  1. 1.

    Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.

    地方特有的

    The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.

  2. 2.

    Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.

    地方性流行

    地方特有的

    Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.

  3. 3.

    Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.

    地方特有的

    Malaria is endemic to the tropics.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

being disease organism
形容词

同义词 5

indigenous autochthonal autochthonic autochthonous endemical

反义词 3

epidemic cosmopolitan ecdemic

近义相关 2

native enzootic

相关短语

Balkan endemic nephropathy

词源

From Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) + -ic. Possibly via Ancient Greek ἔνδημος (éndēmos, “among one's people, at home, native”) and/or French endémique. By surface analysis, en- + demic.

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