ENDEMIC DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endemic disease mean? 

• ENDEMIC DISEASE (noun)
  The noun ENDEMIC DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location

  Familiarity information: ENDEMIC DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDEMIC DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

endemic; endemic disease

Hypernyms ("endemic disease" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

 Context examples 

An endemic disease that is characterized by the development of single or multiple localized lesions on exposed areas of skin that typically ulcerate.

(Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

That's why we are here talking about endemic disease control, systematic monitoring policies, and so on.

(Aedes mosquitoes almost impossible to eradicate, says Brazilian researcher, Agência Brasil)