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]