endemic disease
- noun
- /ɛnˈdɛmɪk dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
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enfermedad endémica
- It is a hollow and hypocritical exercise to speak theoretically about human dignity unless one builds social structures that foster that dignity and eliminate its enemies: endemic disease, chronic poverty, unjust land tenure systems.
So yes, corruption is a endemic disease, but it can be tackled and it must be tackled.
- So yes, corruption is a endemic disease, but it can be tackled and it must be tackled.
Examples
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Public hygienists demonstrated the crucial role of endemic diseases and malnutrition underlying the supposed laziness of the racially mixed poor.
Academic text (1997) -
Nutrition in India, China, and Russia is generally superior to that in sub-Saharan states, and the burden of endemic disease is also distinctly lower.
Academic text (2002) -
Chikungunya appears to occur as both an epidemic and an endemic disease in this region.
Academic text (2012) -
It was thought then originally to be an exotic and unimportant endemic disease of early childhood.
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Concern for environmental quality remains subservient to job creation, and environmental health lags far behind endemic diseases and shortages of food and housing in determining government policy.
Academic text (1990) -
Although recognized as the leading cause of epidemic acute gastroenteritis across all age groups, norovirus has remained poorly characterized with respect to its endemic disease incidence.
Academic text (2013) -
In other countries, such as Mozambique and some provinces of southern China, HCC is defined as an endemic disease that causes 65%-70% of all cancer deaths in males and 30%-55%.
Academic text (1991) -
From a purely ecological standpoint (that is, focusing on nutrition and endemic disease), India probably stands a greater risk today than either Russia or China for an HIV/AIDS breakout.
Academic text (2002) -
Genes from wild and cultivated plant species that are regularly exposed to endemic diseases and thus maintain new forms of resistance can then be transferred to crops by both traditional breeding and biotechnology (Harlan 1977).
Academic text (1997) -
Malaria is classified as an endemic disease in many tropical regions, constantly affecting local populations.
Synonyms
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A plant, animal, or disease that is regularly found in a particular place
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a disease consistently present in a particular area' is directly and compositionally derived from 'endemic' (regularly occurring/native to an area) combined with 'disease' (a health condition). This is a straightforward adjective + noun combination that exists in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Endemic disease comes from old words meaning 'in' and 'people', so it paints the image of a sickness living among a specific community. That's why 'endemic disease' means a sickness that is always present in a certain place or group.