Term: endemic
Literally meaning: “native to”
Origin: Anc Greek
εν-/en-(=in)
δήμος/demos(=people, crowd, land) >Δηώ/Dio(=the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture and harvests).
Coined/History
by Hippocrates (460 BC – ca. 370 BC)
Definition
Endemic is an outbreak of infectious disease that is spreading through a particular geography or area.
