endemicadj.n.

Brit.

/ɛnˈdɛmɪk/,

/ᵻnˈdɛmɪk/, U.S.

/ɛnˈdɛmɪk/

Etymology: < Greek ἐν in + δῆμος people + -ic suffix.

A. adj. Constantly or regularly found among a (specified) people, or in a (specified) country: esp.

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a. [ < French endémique (A. P. de Candolle 1820, in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles XVIII. 412).] Of plants or animals: Having their ordinary habitat in a certain country; opposed to exotic. Now used spec. of plants and animals that are indigenous only in a specified area.

b. Of diseases: Habitually prevalent in a certain country, and due to permanent local causes.

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1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 6 Oct. 7 This deformity, as it was endemic..it had been the custom..to look upon as the greatest ornament.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. viii. 77 (note) Famines are periodical or endemic in Hindostan.

1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 450 The author..proceeds..to show in what sense the plague may be termed endemic.

1868 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 10) II. iii. xli. 409 (heading) The endemic, and other species of animals and plants in the Atlantic Islands.

1876 C. Darwin Effects Cross & Self Fertilisation Veg. Kingdom xi. 415 Bees..visit many exotic flowers as readily as the endemic kinds.

1905 F. E. Clements Res. Methods Ecol. iv. 227 (heading) Endemism... Since its first use by de Candolle, the term endemic has been employed..by phytogeographers with the meaning of ‘peculiar to a certain region’.

1905 F. E. Clements Res. Methods Ecol. iv. 228 In its proper sense, endemic refers to distribution, and not to origin.

1937 Discovery July 204/1 Of the Carabidae, 169 genera are represented, of which 63 are endemic.

1951 Jrnl. Ecol. 39 215 The term ‘endemic’ is relative in that it means, as now generally used in biology, a taxon or an ecological group limited in range to the geographical area under consideration.

c. figurative.

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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > general or prevalent

commona1325

generala1393

usual1396

popular?a1425

riveda1513

vulgarc1550

current1563

afloat1571

widespread1582

penny-rife1606

catholic1607

spacious1610

epidemical1614

epidemial1616

epidemic1617

prevailent1623

regnant1623

fashionablea1627

wide-spreading1655

endemical1658

prevalent1658

endemiala1682

obtaining1682

prevailing1682

endemious1684

sterling1696

running1697

(as) common as dirt (also muck)1737

prevailant1794

exoteric1814

endemic1852

widish1864

prolate1882

going1909

1852 J. S. Blackie On Stud. Lang. 1 An unreflecting habit of routine that seems endemic among official men in our country.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 15 Nov. 2/1 The same endemic series of murders of a more or less political character as in Macedonia.

1969 Times 15 Jan. 7/2 Until a few years ago warfare was endemic.

1970 Daily Tel. 14 Apr. 16 That bane of British economic policy-makers—an endemic tendency for imports to rise more rapidly than exports.

B. n.

1. An endemic disease. Also figurative.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [noun] > endemic disease

endemic1662

country distemper1690

1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 191 It is not manifest, that Endemicks or things proper to people in the Countrey where they live, are drawn by the Arteries.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vii. viii. 205 That talking endemic so universally prevalent in this country.

1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. 118 European diseases, some of which, such as smallpox, have passed from epidemics into endemics.

1859 Sat. Rev. viii. 261/2 Snobbishness is an insidious endemic.

2. A plant native to a certain limited area.

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the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > native plant(s)

domestic1682

aborigines1839

autochthon1893

endemic1932

1932 G. D. Fuller & H. S. Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet Plant Sociol. xi. 282 The original dry sod, untouched by fire, is composed exclusively of the old Mascarene Tertiary endemics.

1947 R. Good Geogr. Flowering Plants iii. 48 While one part of a large region possesses a high proportion of endemics another and adjacent region may have considerably fewer.

1960 N. Polunin Introd. Plant Geogr. vii. 206 Some endemics are confined to very limited areas.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	endemic
释义	endemicadj.n. Brit. /ɛnˈdɛmɪk/, /ᵻnˈdɛmɪk/, U.S. /ɛnˈdɛmɪk/ Etymology: < Greek ἐν in + δῆμος people + -ic suffix. A. adj. Constantly or regularly found among a (specified) people, or in a (specified) country: esp. Thesaurus » Categories » a. [ < French endémique (A. P. de Candolle 1820, in Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles XVIII. 412).] Of plants or animals: Having their ordinary habitat in a certain country; opposed to exotic. Now used spec. of plants and animals that are indigenous only in a specified area. b. Of diseases: Habitually prevalent in a certain country, and due to permanent local causes. ΚΠ 1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 6 Oct. 7 This deformity, as it was endemic..it had been the custom..to look upon as the greatest ornament. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. viii. 77 (note) Famines are periodical or endemic in Hindostan. 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 450 The author..proceeds..to show in what sense the plague may be termed endemic. 1868 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 10) II. iii. xli. 409 (heading) The endemic, and other species of animals and plants in the Atlantic Islands. 1876 C. Darwin Effects Cross & Self Fertilisation Veg. Kingdom xi. 415 Bees..visit many exotic flowers as readily as the endemic kinds. 1905 F. E. Clements Res. Methods Ecol. iv. 227 (heading) Endemism... Since its first use by de Candolle, the term endemic has been employed..by phytogeographers with the meaning of ‘peculiar to a certain region’. 1905 F. E. Clements Res. Methods Ecol. iv. 228 In its proper sense, endemic refers to distribution, and not to origin. 1937 Discovery July 204/1 Of the Carabidae, 169 genera are represented, of which 63 are endemic. 1951 Jrnl. Ecol. 39 215 The term ‘endemic’ is relative in that it means, as now generally used in biology, a taxon or an ecological group limited in range to the geographical area under consideration. c. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > general or prevalent commona1325 generala1393 usual1396 popular?a1425 riveda1513 vulgarc1550 current1563 afloat1571 widespread1582 penny-rife1606 catholic1607 spacious1610 epidemical1614 epidemial1616 epidemic1617 prevailent1623 regnant1623 fashionablea1627 wide-spreading1655 endemical1658 prevalent1658 endemiala1682 obtaining1682 prevailing1682 endemious1684 sterling1696 running1697 (as) common as dirt (also muck)1737 prevailant1794 exoteric1814 endemic1852 widish1864 prolate1882 going1909 1852 J. S. Blackie On Stud. Lang. 1 An unreflecting habit of routine that seems endemic among official men in our country. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 15 Nov. 2/1 The same endemic series of murders of a more or less political character as in Macedonia. 1969 Times 15 Jan. 7/2 Until a few years ago warfare was endemic. 1970 Daily Tel. 14 Apr. 16 That bane of British economic policy-makers—an endemic tendency for imports to rise more rapidly than exports. B. n. 1. An endemic disease. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [noun] > endemic disease endemic1662 country distemper1690 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 191 It is not manifest, that Endemicks or things proper to people in the Countrey where they live, are drawn by the Arteries. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vii. viii. 205 That talking endemic so universally prevalent in this country. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. 118 European diseases, some of which, such as smallpox, have passed from epidemics into endemics. 1859 Sat. Rev. viii. 261/2 Snobbishness is an insidious endemic. 2. A plant native to a certain limited area. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > native plant(s) domestic1682 aborigines1839 autochthon1893 endemic1932 1932 G. D. Fuller & H. S. Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet Plant Sociol. xi. 282 The original dry sod, untouched by fire, is composed exclusively of the old Mascarene Tertiary endemics. 1947 R. Good Geogr. Flowering Plants iii. 48 While one part of a large region possesses a high proportion of endemics another and adjacent region may have considerably fewer. 1960 N. Polunin Introd. Plant Geogr. vii. 206 Some endemics are confined to very limited areas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1662
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