ecdemic

1. 1.

   of or relating to a disease that originates outside the locality in which it occurs

   Antonymsendemicepidemic

Questions about ecdemic

What does ecdemic mean?

ecdemic means "of or relating to a disease that originates outside the locality in which it occurs".

How many syllables are in ecdemic?

ecdemic has 3 syllables and divides as ec-de-mic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of ecdemic?

The recorded antonyms are endemic, epidemic.

Is ecdemic a common word?

ecdemic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.