Wirksamkeit

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German

Etymology

wirksam +‎ -keit

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Noun

Wirksamkeit f (genitive Wirksamkeit, plural Wirksamkeiten)

  1. effectiveness
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, number 23/2010, page 75:
      Erst in den neunziger Jahren etablierte sich die sogenannte evidenzbasierte Medizin, die systematisch nach Beweisen für die Wirksamkeit von Medikamenten sucht.
      Only in the '90s the so-called evidence-based medicine established itself, which systematically searches for proofs for the effectiveness of drugs.

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