impotency

im·po·tence  (mp-tns) also im·po·ten·cy (-tn-s)

n.

1. The quality or condition of being impotent.

2. See erectile dysfunction.

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impotency

1. a condition of reduced or absent power; weakness.
2. a complete failure of sexual power, especially in the male. Also called impotence, impotentness. — impotent, adj.

See also: Strength and Weakness

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	impotency - the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble impotence, powerlessness quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare helplessness, impuissance, weakness - powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of their weakness the group remains active" unpersuasiveness - inability to persuade uninterestingness - inability to capture or hold one's interest voicelessness - having no voice in the management or control of affairs; "the voicelessness of those who live in situations of hopelessness" paper tiger - the nature of a person or organization that appears powerful but is actually powerless and ineffectual; "he reminded Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth" ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness - lacking the power to be effective
	2.	impotency - an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate impotence ED, erectile dysfunction, male erecticle dysfunction - impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis infertility, sterility - the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate potence, potency - the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse