효과

hyo-gwa
effect

이 약은 효과가 좋다.

This medicine is effective.


formal

The result or outcome produced by a cause or action.

그 사건의 효과는 아직 나타나지 않았다.

The effect of that incident has not yet appeared.

Used broadly in everyday speech and written Korean.

Medicine
technical

The efficacy or therapeutic effect of a drug or treatment.

새로운 백신의 효과를 임상시험에서 확인했다.

The efficacy of the new vaccine was confirmed in clinical trials.

Common in medical, scientific, and pharmaceutical contexts.

Collocations

효과가 있다to have an effect효과를 내다to produce an effect
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