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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Efficacy \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: efficacy n : capacity or power to produce a desired effect [syn: {efficaciousness}] [ant: {inefficacy}]
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