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What does efficacy mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word efficacy? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.
  2. Degree of ability to produce a desired effect.
  3. Ability to produce a desired amount of a desired effect.
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The results of this study support the efficacy of EEG biofeedback training in an inpatient drug treatment program.
A scintilla of reasonable doubt might be expected about the efficacy and justice of a punishment now rejected by 71 countries.
In research, biotelemetry is a useful tool for efficacy testing when used in combination with a disease model.
Opioids that should be avoided because of low efficacy and high side effect burden include meperidine, codeine, and propoxyphene.
Medieval English writers often speak of acedia as wanhope, a waning of confidence in the efficacy and importance of prayer.
Then it designed clinical trials to test whether its drugs could extend life, an unequivocal proof of efficacy.

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