endemic meaning
EN
[ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk] [-ɛmɪk] 
US - NounPLendemicsPREend-SUF-emic
- An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
- An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
- Adjective
- Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
- Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.
- (Especially of plants and animals.) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
- The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.
- (Especially of diseases.) Prevalent in a particular area or region.
- Malaria is endemic to the tropics.
- Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Here, we use data from FMDV serology in an endemic setting to probe strain-specific transmission and immunodynamics.
- All the species studied are Pyrenean microendemics except Trechus bordei Peyerimhoff, 1909, which is endemic to the western Pyrenees and Asturias [28 ].
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of endemic in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
- en endemick
- en endemics
- en endemical
- en endemicity
- en endemically
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "endemic" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.