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erectile dysfunction
n.
Abbr. ED
The inability to achieve penile erection or to maintain an erection until ejaculation. Also called impotence.
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| impotence |
noun |
| 1. | the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble [syn: powerlessness] [ant: power] |
| 2. | an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate [ant: potence] |
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Impotence
Im"po*tence\, Impotency \Im"po*ten*cy\, n. [L. impotenia inability, poverty, want of moderation. See
Impotent.]
1. The quality or condition of being impotent; want of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility.
Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples. --Hayward.
O, impotence of mind in body strong! --Milton.
2. Want of self-restraint or self-control. [R.] --Milton.
3. (Law & Med.) Want of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness.
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