can I say certain symptoms are endemic to certain diseases, like fungal infections to Diabetes?en·dem·ic (ĕn-dĕm'ĭk)
adj.
Prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality, region, or people: diseases endemic to the tropics. See synonyms at native.
Ecology. Native to or confined to a certain region.
n. Ecology.
An endemic plant or animal.
[From Greek endēmos, native, endemic : en-, in; see en–2 + dēmos, people.]
en·dem'i·cal·ly adv.
en·dem'ism n.
Thesaurus
endemic
adjective
Existing, born, or produced in a land or region: aboriginal, autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, indigenous, native. See native/foreign.
Medical
en·dem·ic (ĕn-dĕm'ĭk)
adj.
Prevalent in or restricted to a particular region, community, or group of people. Used of a disease.
Enzootic.
en·dem'i·cal·ly adv.
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my mother has Diabetes. She has fungal infections, her poor feet suffer so.