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endemic

[en-dem-ik] / ɛnˈdɛm ɪk /


ADJECTIVE
(especially diseases) common in or exclusive to an area
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Controllable endemic diseases like high blood pressure will be undiagnosed and ignored until paralysis sets in.

From MarketWatch

At a press conference Friday, federal officials characterized those failings as endemic to the county’s homeless services bureaucracy.

From Los Angeles Times

More often, the steady toll of pervasive endemic disease was enough to keep average life expectancy somewhere in the mid-20s.

From The Wall Street Journal

High levels of debt are endemic across the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal

That makes it endemic to the lake and potentially an important, though still poorly understood, part of its ecosystem.

From Science Daily