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Definition of: impotence
(im′pə·təns) noun
1. The state or quality of being impotent; feebleness.
2. Loss or lack of capacity for sexual intercourse: said of men. Compare FRIGIDITY. Also im′·po·ten·cy. [<OF <L impotentia]
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