Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
capacity or power to produce a desired effect;
- Example: "concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine"[syn: efficacy, efficaciousness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
efficaciousness \ef`fi*ca"cious*ness\ n.
the capacity or power to produce a desired effect.
Syn: efficacy.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
efficaciousness
n 1: capacity or power to produce a desired effect; "concern
about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine" [syn:
efficacy, efficaciousness] [ant: inefficaciousness,
inefficacy]