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im⋅po⋅tence
[im-puh-tuh
ns] 
–noun
| 1. | the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness. |
| 2. | chronic inability to attain or sustain an erection for the performance of a sexual act. |
| 3. | sterility, esp. in the male. |
| 4. | Obsolete. lack of self-restraint. |
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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. |
| im·po·tence (ĭm'pə-təns) n.
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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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Main Entry: im·po·tence
Pronunciation: 'im-p&t-&n(t)s
Function: noun
1 : the quality or state of not being potent
2 : an abnormal physical or psychological state of a male characterized byinability to copulate because of failure to have or maintain an erection called also erectile dysfunction
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impotence im·po·tence (ĭm'pə-təns) or im·po·ten·cy (-tən-sē)
n.
The quality or condition of being impotent.
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