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EFFECTIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
Example:
the strength of the drinks
Synonyms:
effectiveness; potency; strength
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("effectiveness" is a kind of...):
power; powerfulness (possession of controlling influence)
Attribute:
potent; stiff; strong (having a strong physiological or chemical effect)
impotent (lacking power or ability)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
Synonyms:
effectiveness; effectivity; effectuality; effectualness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("effectiveness" is a kind of...):
power; powerfulness (possession of controlling influence)
Attribute:
effective; effectual; efficacious (producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect)
ineffective; ineffectual; uneffective (not producing an intended effect)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "effectiveness"):
incisiveness; trenchancy (keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect)
efficaciousness; efficacy (capacity or power to produce a desired effect)
Antonym:
ineffectiveness (lacking the power to be effective)
Derivation:
effective (able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively)
effective (producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect)
effective (works well as a means or remedy)
Context examples:
Complement deficiencies decrease the effectiveness of the humoral immune response.
(Complement Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)
In medicine, the effect of increasing the potency or effectiveness of a drug or other treatment.
(Chemosensitization, NCI Dictionary)
The center within the Food and Drug Administration that assures the safety and effectiveness of drugs that are made available to improve the health of people in the United States.
(Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, NCI Thesaurus)
It should be differentiated from DRUG RESISTANCE wherein an organism, disease, or tissue fails to respond to the intended effectiveness of a chemical or drug.
(Drug tolerance, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Dexverapamil competitively inhibits the multidrug resistance efflux pump P-glycoprotein (MDR-1), thereby potentially increasing the effectiveness of a wide range of antineoplastic drugs which are inactivated by MDR-1 mechanisms.
(Dexverapamil, NCI Thesaurus)
Verifying that the device packaging met proper sterilization conditions and that the effectiveness of the packaging kept the device free viable microorganisms.
(Device Packaging Verification Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)
The CMBP also seeks to enhance the effectiveness of programs in cancer treatment and cancer control in reaching the minority community and other historically underserved segments of the general population.
(Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Program, NCI Thesaurus)
“We hope these results will help test the effectiveness of new therapies for this form of MS and reduce the suffering patients experience.”
(Smoldering spots in the brain may signal severe multiple sclerosis, National Institutes of Health)
Researchers from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the University College London, and the Royal Free Hospital have been studying the long-term effectiveness and safety of using gene therapy to treat the disease.
(Gene Therapy Used to Treat Hemophilia, NIH)
A drug that increases the effectiveness of radiation therapy.
(Etanidazole, NCI Dictionary)
