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Noun: efficaciousness  ,e-fu'key-shus-nus
  1. Capacity or power to produce a desired effect
    "The efficaciousness of the new drug in treating the disease was remarkable";
    - efficacy

See also: efficacious, inefficacious

Type of: effectiveness, effectivity, effectuality, effectualness

Antonym: inefficaciousness