エビデンス

えびでんす
noun
evidence, proof
businessmedical
1. evidence, proof, supporting data
Factual or scientific basis for a claim or decision. Widely used in business and medical contexts as a loanword from English.
A decision based on evidence.
There is no evidence for that claim.
Evidence showing the effectiveness of the new drug has been accumulating.

Usage

エビデンス became common in Japanese through medical and business jargon and is now widely used in general discourse. In medicine, it refers to clinical trial data; in business, it means documented proof or supporting records.

Common collocations