endemic vs epidemic
Definitions
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
- a plant that is native to a certain limited area
adjective
- originating where it is found
- native to or confined to a certain region
- of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality
Examples
It's penguins, albatrosses, caracaras, steamer ducks and a couple of endemic small jobs you've come for.
Note: where Loiasis is endemic (West Africa), all treatment with diethylcarbamazine, should commence with 3 mg/kg x 2 days (protocole for Loiasis) whatever form of filaria is being treated.
The Atherton Gardens estate has presented endemic problems for social planning since its development.
Definitions
noun
- a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time
adjective
- (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously
Examples
It is a rich and absorbing story about the 1918 epidemic of Spanish influenza.
In summary, Dr. Green, after studying and researching this question for over 20 years, it is my firm conviction that aspartame lowers seizure threshold, mimics or exacerbates a wide variety of neuropsychiatric disorders, contributes to the incidence of certain cancers, and because of it's impact on the hypothalamic "appestat" plays a significant role in the world-wide epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Ministers have spent nearly 500million stockpiling the antiviral drug in case of a deadly epidemic but there are doubts it is effective.
