药效 (yào xiào) — efficacy (of a drug or medicine); medicinal effectiveness
Definition
药效 (yào xiào) is the noun for how well a medicine actually works — its strength and effect on the body, not the drug itself.
noun
efficacy (of a drug or medicine)medicinal effectiveness
Examples
- 药效。Zhè zhǒng yào de yào xiào hěn hǎo.The efficacy of this medicine is very good.
- 药效。Yī shēng men zhèng zài yán jiū xīn yào de yào xiào.The doctors are studying the efficacy of the new drug.
- ，药效。Jīng guò lín chuáng shì yàn, zhè zhǒng yào de yào xiào yǐ jīng dé dào zhèng shí.After clinical trials, the efficacy of this drug has been confirmed.
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