Definition of: endemic

(en·dem′ik) adjective
1. Peculiar to or prevailing in or among some (specified) country or people.
2. Ecol. Indigenous or native to a restricted area: said of plants and animals: opposed to ecdemic.
3. Pathol. Pertaining to a disease confined to or characteristic of a given locality, as distinguished from an epidemic or sporadic disease. Also en·de·mi·al (en·dē′mē·əl), en·dem′i·cal. [<Gk. endēmos native <en- in + dēmos people]