Word of the Day for Tuesday, October 4, 2011
endemic \en-DEM-ik\, adjective:
1. Belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place.
2. Natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous.
noun:
1. An endemic disease.
The endemic stink of the B.O. is driving away much of his support!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
To avoid the transmission of the parasitic infection malaria, donors who have travelled to endemic areas are deferred.-- André Picard, The Gift of Death
The interior of this particular police car smells like cigarettes, leather, sweat, and another odor I can't identify that seems endemic to police cars.-- Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife
Endemic is from Greek endemos "native," from en- "in" and demos "people, district."
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