About The Word Efficacy
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Efficacy
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What's The Definition Of Efficacy?
[n] capacity or power to produce a desired effect
Synonyms | Synonyms for Efficacy: efficaciousness Related Terms | Find terms related to Efficacy: See Also | effectiveness | effectivity | effectuality | effectualness Efficacy In Webster's Dictionary \Ef"fi*ca*cy\, n. [L. efficacia, fr. efficax. See
{Efficacious}.]
Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or
force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of
medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer.
``Of noxious efficacy.'' --Milton.
Syn: Virtue; force; energy; potency; efficiency.
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