[im-puh-tuh
ns] 
| 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. |
| 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 (ĭm'pə-təns) or im·po·ten·cy (-tən-sē)
n.
The quality or condition of being impotent.