natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous

endemic folkways; countries where high unemployment is endemic.

belonging exclusively or confined to a particular place

a fever endemic to the tropics.

an endemic disease.

adjective

local , [[regionalnotes:an endemic is 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; an epidemic is a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease that infects many people at the same time; a pandemic is an epidemic that is geographically widespread occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world]] , aboriginal , autochthonal , autochthonic , autochthonous , native