Definition of efficacy

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Efficacy (n.) 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..

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Virtuality :: Virtuality (n.) Potentiality; efficacy; potential existence.
Efficacity :: Efficacity (n.) Efficacy.
Charm :: Charm (n.) Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.
Inefficiency :: Inefficiency (n.) The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy sufficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged from his position for inefficiency..
Nullity :: Nullity (n.) The quality or state of being null; nothingness; want of efficacy or force.
Virtueless :: Virtueless (a.) Destitute of virtue; without efficacy or operating qualities; powerless.
Quacksalver :: Quacksalver (n.) One who boasts of his skill in medicines and salves, or of the efficacy of his prescriptions; a charlatan; a quack; a mountebank..
Invalid :: Invalid (a.) Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid contract or agreement..
Potency :: Potency (n.) The quality or state of being potent; physical or moral power; inherent strength; energy; ability to effect a purpose; capability; efficacy; influence.
Unsacrament :: Unsacrament (v. t.) To deprive of sacramental character or efficacy; as, to unsacrament the rite of baptism..
Sacramentarian :: Sacramentarian (n.) One who holds extreme opinions regarding the efficacy of sacraments.
Prevalent :: Prevalent (a.) Gaining advantage or superiority; having superior force, influence, or efficacy; prevailing; predominant; successful; victorious..
Virtual :: Virtual (a.) Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or sensible part; potential; energizing.
Inefficaciousness :: Inefficaciousness (n.) Want of effect, or of power to produce the effect; inefficacy..
Virtue :: Virtue (n.) Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine..
Fleabane :: Fleabane (n.) One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria..
Vigor :: Vigor (n.) Strength; efficacy; potency.
Infringe :: Infringe (v. t.) To hinder; to destroy; as, to infringe efficacy; to infringe delight or power..
Coefficacy :: Coefficacy (n.) Joint efficacy.
Inefficaciously :: Inefficaciously (adv.) without efficacy or effect.
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