Found 2 items, similar to Impotency.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: impotency 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Impotency Impotence \Im"po*tence\, Impotency \Im"po*ten*cy\, n. [L. impotenia inability, poverty, lack of moderation. See Impotent.] 1. The quality or condition of being impotent; lack of strength or power, animal, intellectual, or moral; weakness; feebleness; inability; imbecility. [1913 Webster] Some were poor by impotency of nature; as young fatherless children, old decrepit persons, idiots, and cripples. --Hayward. [1913 Webster] O, impotence of mind in body strong! --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Lack of self-restraint or self-control. [R.] --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster +PJC]