Endemic
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Template:Wiktionary Endemic, in a broad sense, can mean "belonging" or "native to", "characteristic of", or "prevalent in" a particular geography,race,field, area, or environment; native to an area or scope.
It also has two specific meanings:
- endemic (ecology): an organism being "endemic" means exclusively native to a place or biota
- endemic (epidemiology), an infection is said to be "endemic" in a population when that infection is maintained in the population without the need for external inputs. A disease or infection always present in a population.
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