endemic

Adjective

• originating where it is found
  • the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo
    
  • autochthonous rocks and people and folktales
    
  • endemic folkways
    
  • the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan
    

• native to or confined to a certain region
  • the islands have a number of interesting endemic species
    

• of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality
  • diseases endemic to the tropics
    
  • endemic malaria
    
  • food shortages and starvation are endemic in certain parts of the world
    

Noun

• a plant that is native to a certain limited area
  • it is an endemic found only this island
    

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  autochthonal , autochthonic , autochthonous , indigenous , endemical , endemic disease
• Antonyms: 
  cosmopolitan , widely distributed , epidemic , ecdemic