WordNet
endemic disease
n. 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 [syn: endemic]
Usage examples of "endemic disease".
In Africa there is an endemic disease caused by a kind of pro-tozoon called a trypanosome (trip'uh-noh-sohm'.
They are easily identifiable, because they also suffer from an endemic disease of the scalp, called here the plika polonika.