Look up: efficacy

1. efficacy
   production of a desired result 
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2. Efficacy
   Capacity to produce the desired effect.
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3. efficacy
   [n] - capacity or power to produce a desired effect
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4. Efficacy
   The amount of light output (lumen) per watt of input electricity to a lamp.
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5. Efficacy
   The benefit of an intervention under ideal conditions.
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6. Efficacy
   The therapeutic effect of a drug.
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7. Efficacy
   Efficacy describes the relative intensity with which agonists vary in the response they produce even when they occupy the same number of receptors and with the same affinity. Efficacy is not synonymous to Intrinsic activity. Efficacy is the property that enables drugs to produce responses. It is co...
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8. Efficacy
   The outcomes measured in Phase III clinical trials that indicate that the test drug has the intended benefit.
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9. efficacy
   the probability of benefit to individuals in a defined population from a medical technology applied for a given medical problem under ideal conditions of use. Efficacy is generally evaluated in controlled trials of an experimental therapy and a control condition Category: Botany and zoology
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10. Efficacy
    Ef'fi·ca·cy noun [ Latin efficacia , from 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 dise...
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11. efficacy
    Strength, effectiveness. The ability of a drug to control or cure an illness. Efficacy should be distinguished from activity (see), which is limited to a drug's immediate effects on the microbe triggering the disease. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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12. efficacy
    efficaciousness noun capacity or power to produce a desired effect; `concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine`
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13. efficacy
    (ef´ĭ-kә-se) the ability of a drug to achieve the desired effect. Dose-effect curve for two drugs of different efficacy: The efficacy of drug A is greater than that of drug B. the degree to which an intervention accomplishes the desired or projected outcomes.
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14. 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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15. efficacy
    (from the article `drug`) ...which is the formation of the drug-receptor complex, and receptor activation, which moderates the effect. The term affinity describes the tendency ...
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16. efficacy
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ef′ĭ-kă-sē Definitions: 1. The extent to which a specific intervention, procedure, regimen, or service produces a beneficial result under ideal conditions.
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17. Efficacy
    Efficacy describes the relative intensity with which agonists vary in the response they produce even when they occupy the same number of receptors and with the same affinity. Efficacy is not synonymous to Intrinsic activity. Efficacy is the property that enables drugs to produce responses. It is con...
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18. Efficacy
    How well something works. This term is used to refer to treatments in particular.
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19. efficacy
    Effectiveness. In medicine, the ability of an intervention (for example, a drug or surgery) to produce the desired beneficial effect.
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20. Efficacy
    `Efficacy` is the capacity to produce an effect. It has different specific meanings in different fields. 1 ef·fi·ca·cy /ˈɛfɪkəsi/ noun ▪ The efficacy =effectiveness of this treatment has not yet been proved. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/efficacy 2 efficacy /...
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