efficacy
capacity or power to produce a desired effect (Freq. 6) - concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine • Syn: efficaciousness • Ant: inefficacy • Derivationally related forms: efficacious (for: efficaciousness), efficacious • Hypernyms: effectiveness, effectivity, effectualness, effectuality • Attrubites: efficacious, inefficacious
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