Ecdemic
[ek-dem-ik] /ɛkˈdɛm ɪk/
adjective, Pathology.
1.
noting or pertaining to a disease that is observed far from the area in which it originates.
/ɛkˈdɛmɪk/
adjective
1.
not indigenous or endemic; foreign: an ecdemic disease
ecdemic ec·dem·ic (ĭk-děm’ĭk)
adj.
Of or being a disease brought into a region from the outside, neither epidemic nor endemic.
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