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That was my initial understanding of "endemic"'s meaning as well. However the Oxford English Dictionary does have the following supplementary definition: Quote
by adrianm 14y ago
That was my initial understanding of "endemic"'s meaning as well. However the Oxford English Dictionary does have the following supplementary definition:
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"2 (of a plant or animal) native or restricted to a certain country or area:
a marsupial endemic to northeastern Australia"
Where interestingly, the OED does use the word "restricted" which means that the word could denote regional exclusivity as the parent interpreted.
- denzil_correa 14y agoInteresting and I looked this up in the Oxford Dictionary and found the following two meanings - 1(of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area: complacency is endemic in industry today [attributive] (of an area) in which a particular disease is regularly found: the persistence of infection on pastures in endemic areas 2(of a plant or animal) native or restricted to a certain place: a marsupial endemic to north-eastern Australia Clearly, 'endemic' in the current sense relates to definition 1 (a condition) rather than definition 2 (a plant or animal). I still think that there is no issue in English in the title. The title may have been a bit more euphemistic but I think it conveys the correct issue.