noun
definition
Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.
definition
Degree of ability to produce a desired effect.
Examples of efficacy in a Sentence
He was a firm believer in the efficacy of culture.
Thus he allowed the necessity of good works to salvation, but not in the old sense; proposed to allow the seven sacraments, but only as rites which had no inherent efficacy to salvation, and so on.
When its efficacy was not eternal, its effect was considered to endure for twenty years.
Many topical applications are of great efficacy.
Suarez endeavoured to reconcile this view with the more orthodox doctrines of the efficacy of grace and special election, maintaining that, though all share in an absolutely sufficient grace, there is granted to the elect a grace which is so adapted to their peculiar dispositions and circumstances that they infallibly, though at the same time quite freely, yield themselves to its influence.
Just as the Mosaic dispensation came to an end with the appearance of Christ, so the sacraments of the new dispensation have lost their meaning and efficacy since the incarnation of God as Holy Spirit in the Amalricans.
Simple thermal waters are those which contain only a very small quantity of solids, and owe their efficacy chiefly to their temperature.
In the one case we are treating the ego as one of the objects of experience and denying of it productive efficacy; in the second case we are dealing with the unity of the ego as a condition of knowledge, of any experience whatsoever.
He thus wrote, as any historian might, for the information and instruction of his readers, and yet he had all the time an apologetic purpose, to exhibit to the world the history of Christianity as a proof of its divine origin and efficacy.
Its tactical lesson was the efficacy of combining two arms against one.
The data shows pockets where radish efficacy is substantially higher and others where it is nonexistent.
The Taunus is also famous for the number and efficacy of its mineral springs, which annually attract thousands of visitors to the celebrated spas of Wiesbaden, Homburg, Ems, Schlangenbad, Schwalbach, Soden and Nauheim, while the waters of Selters and other springs are exported in large quantity.
Results of the review three clinical end points used to compare treatment efficacy.
The efficacy of this type of specialized clothing is debatable (in other words, it may just be good marketing) but it is always useful to be aware of the options.
Seeing Kassapa, who as the chronicle puts it, was as well known to them as the banner of the city, the people at first doubted who was the teacher and who the disciple, but Kassapa put an end to their hesitation by stating that he had now given up his belief in the efficacy of sacrifices either great or small; that Nirvana was a state of rest to be attained only by a change of heart; and that he had become a disciple of the Buddha.
For if consciousness be looked upon as simply an epiphenomenon, an unaccountable appearance accompanying the succession of material changes, the possibility either of active interference by human volition at any point within the physical series or of any controlling or directing efficacy of consciousness over the whole set of material changes which accompany its activity becomes unthinkable.
That sacred communication of His flesh and blood whereby Christ transfuses into us His life, even as if it penetrated into our bones and marrow, He in the Supper attests and seals; and that not by a vain or empty sign set before us, but there He puts forth the efficacy of His Spirit whereby He fulfils what He promises.
The latter gives us elaborate rules for the detection of a thief, and tells us that he has had personal experience of their efficacy.
Libya's recent accession to the CWC may undermine any efficacy the one-time Arab League policy opposing that treaty had retained.
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The efficacy of this dressing to promote autolysis has been identified through a randomized controlled trial undertaken by Bale et al.
Several prognostic factors and serum rituximab concentrations are useful for predicting the therapeutic efficacy.
However, these reviews do not give clinicians clear guidance on the efficacy of sharp debridement.
Efficacy of transdermal scopolamine was compared with oral dimenhydrinate and placebo.
Both trials demonstrated efficacy in these elderly patients, who are at high risk of cardiovascular events.
To determine the efficacy of the virtual reality in reducing anxiety, the present study was conducted.
One is that licensed drugs already have proven efficacy by virtue of their approval for use in this country.
Potential variability in antiemetic efficacy was examined by looking at doses.
To demand evidence of therapeutic efficacy is equally hypocritical.
That price also rarely covers any treatment of proven efficacy.
Here, the causal efficacy of the paternal human form is transmitted through the generative potentialities of the semen of the father.
The primary efficacy endpoint is progression to a new WHO HIV stage 4 disease or death.
Wishing to erase and repudiate obscurity (and hence implicitly admitting its efficacy) points out a sublime contradiction of the late eighteenth-century enlightenment.
In order to rigorously evaluate the efficacy of this approach, they have developed a prototype " vaccine " for allergies triggered by cats.
Where is the soul that has escaped the fate of hell through the efficacy of faith in Jesus?
The Puritan believed only in congregational baptism and would not necessarily baptize a dying child believing in the efficacy of prevenient grace.
Efficacy and cost of low-molecular-weight heparin compared with standard heparin for the prevention of deep vein thrombosis after total hip arthroplasty.
To persuade doctors to prescribe heroin, policy-makers need to show good evidence for its clinical efficacy.
Efficacy has been shown in primary pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary hypertension associated with connective tissue disease.
In this report the continued insistence on this test shows the fallacy of judging the system by the wrong mark of efficacy.
More work remains to be done on vaccine efficacy and stability, which would include large-scale field-testing.
Evaluating the efficacy of atypical antipsychotics in bipolar mania.
Clinical efficacy TYSABRI is indicated as a single disease modifying therapy in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis to prevent relapses and delay progression of disability.
Differences in opioid sensitivity need to be assessed in efficacy comparisons of changing opioid or route of administration in chronic pain.
The efficacy of calcitonin for fracture prevention in steroid-induced osteoporosis remains to be established.
This prompted reflection on the effect of culture on the perceived legitimacy and efficacy of alternative and diverse forms of feedback.
This efficacy was demonstrated in a group of epileptic patients with long-standing, highly refractory seizures despite many trials of medication.
Our objective was to determine the efficacy of aggressive endoscopic resection of IP.
Comment The evidence for efficacy of topical salicylates was poor.
The aim is to compare the efficacy, maternal satisfaction and midwife acceptability of the three models of care provision.