Medical Terminology · Immune System · Medium
Endemic
Meaning: Describing a disease regularly found among people in a particular area or population.
In practice: Malaria is endemic in much of sub-Saharan Africa, so travellers are advised to take preventive tablets.
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Answer: Paroxysmal
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