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Definition of Endemic disease
1. Noun. 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.
Medical Definition of Endemic disease
1. Continued prevalence of a disease in a specific population or area. See: endemic, enzootic. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Endemic Disease
Literary usage of Endemic disease
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Sanitary Science and the Public Health with Special Reference by William Thompson Sedgwick (1902)
"The Probable Truth about endemic disease One of the common phrases of sanitary
science, especially in popular discussions, is that which describes disease ..."
2. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science by Robley Dunglison (1856)
"An endemic disease resembling yaws was observed in the Feejee Islands by the
medical nffi . cers of the United States' Exploring Expedition. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In the case of an endemic disease we suppose that the poison is either kept in
... In the case of an imported non-endemic disease, the only question which ..."
4. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"An endemic disease is one which is constantly present to a greater or less degree
... An endemic disease smolder?, whereas an epidemic bursts into flames. ..."
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