endemic

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

en·dem·ic BrE [enˈdemɪk] NAmE [enˈdemɪk] adjective
regularly found in a particular place or among a particular group of people and difficult to get rid of
•~ (in…) Malaria is endemic in many hot countries.
•Corruption is endemic in the system.
•~ (among…) an attitude endemic among senior members of the profession
•~ (to…) species endemic to (= only found in) Madagascar
•the endemic problem of racism
compare ↑pandemic

Word Origin:
[endemic] mid 17th cent. (as a noun): from French endémique or modern Latin endemicus, from Greek endēmios ‘native’ (based on dēmos ‘people’).

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, indigenous, endemical, endemic disease
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  cosmopolitan, widely distributed, epidemic, ecdemic