im·po·ten·cy /-tən(t)si/
無力;無能;虛弱;陽萎
im·po·ten·cy /-ənsɪ/ 名詞
陽痿,無能力
Im·po·tence Im·po·ten·cy n.
1. The quality or condition of being impotent; lack 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. Lack of self-restraint or self-control. [R.]
3. Law & Med. Lack of procreative power; inability to copulate, or beget children; also, sometimes, sterility; barrenness; specifically, in males: the inability to achieve or sustain a penile erection; erectile dysfunction.
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impotency
n 1: the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and
feeble [syn: powerlessness, impotence] [ant: power,
power]
2: an inability (usually of a male) to copulate [syn: impotence]