efficacy
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈɛfɪkəsi/
- Formal
:
eficacia
- It can affect the efficacy of vaccines and other medicines.
- high efficacy
- safety and efficacy
- determine the efficacy
These drugs were tested for efficacy and schizophrenia.
- These drugs were tested for efficacy and schizophrenia.
- So it's, it looks like it's, it has high efficacy, but we'd like to have more data.
- What is the efficacy of of supplementation?
- So how can we change the efficacy of the vaccines?
- So from anti vax, it got into anti mask and the efficacy of masks.
- Does that, you know, do you think that undercuts the efficacy of your, of your message at all?
- And the Toyota to Camry is often seen as the gold standard of cost efficacy in cars.
- He was fudging stuff about wearing masks, the efficacy of that.
- But to date there is no scientific evidence as to its efficacy.
- I mean, antidepressants for PTSD were a masking agent that had some efficacy, but not tremendous efficacy.
- So these things boost, you know, the bioavailability and the efficacy of it.
- So, you know, people who are are raising questions about the efficacy of masks.
- We're already winning on efficacy and and health.
- The second is efficiency and efficacy, not resources.
- So what was the efficacy of this like?
- So it essentially boosts the efficacy of the belief that they're going to heal.
Examples
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And the Toyota to Camry is often seen as the gold standard of cost efficacy in cars.
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We promote resilience through the development of self efficacy and empowerment.
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Political efficacy is the idea that your voice matters in politics and that you can bring about change in politics.
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We have one study that speaks to the efficacy of that for brain health.
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Previous research has suggested that teachers with high efficacy believe that all students can learn.
Academic text (2011) -
Never doubt for one instant, Foster, the efficacy of prayer.
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I think it's known that the efficacy of placebos varies a lot.
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We hope to have a synthetic antibody serum with strong efficacy in a few days.
Fiction book (1993) -
So it essentially boosts the efficacy of the belief that they're going to heal.
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The study confirmed the efficacy of the new drug in treating the disease.
Synonyms
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3.5
The ability to make something work as planned
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6.3
Strength of a drug or chemical to produce an effect
The ability of something to produce the result you want
Ability to produce the wanted result
The ability to get the result you want
Ability to produce the wanted result
Antonyms
How Effective
Surface Forms
Etymology
Efficacy comes from the Latin word efficere, which means 'to bring about' or 'to do', and it shares the same root as the common words effect and effective. So, efficacy is the power or ability of something to produce the result you want.