Usually means: Effectiveness of producing a desired result.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. efficacy: Merriam-Webster
  2. efficacy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. efficacy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. efficacy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. efficacy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Efficacy, efficacy: Wordnik
  7. efficacy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. efficacy: Wiktionary
  9. efficacy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. efficacy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. efficacy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Efficacy, efficacy: Dictionary.com
  13. efficacy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Efficacy (pharmacology), Efficacy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Efficacy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. efficacy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. efficacy: Rhymezone
  18. Efficacy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. efficacy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. efficacy: FreeDictionary.org
  21. efficacy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. efficacy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. efficacy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Efficacy: Health & Beauty Glossary

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. efficacy: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Efficacy: Glossary of Terms Used in Medicinal Chemistry
  5. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  6. Hair Facts (No longer online)
  7. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  8. GI Disorders (No longer online)
  9. Efficacy: Glossary of Medical Education Terms
  10. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  11. efficacy: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  12. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  13. efficacy: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Efficacy: Medicinal Chemistry

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. efficacy: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Efficacy: Beauty & Health Glossary
  2. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See efficacies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The ability to produce a desired effect under ideal testing conditions.
noun:  A degree of ability to produce a desired effect; effectiveness.

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