impotence 音標拼音: ['ɪmpətəns]
n . 無力,虛弱,無效,陽萎
無力,虛弱,無效,陽萎
impotence n 1 :
the quality of lacking strength or power ;
being weak and feeble [
synonym : {
powerlessness }, {
impotence }, {
impotency }]
[
ant : {
power }, {
powerfulness }]
2 :
an inability (
usually of the male animal )
to copulate [
synonym :
{
impotence }, {
impotency }] [
ant : {
potence }, {
potency }]
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 ]
132 Moby Thesaurus words for "
impotence ":
absurdity ,
adynamia ,
aimlessness ,
anemia ,
aridity ,
atony ,
barrenness ,
birth control ,
blah feeling ,
bloodlessness ,
bootlessness ,
cachexia ,
cachexy ,
carelessness ,
carnality ,
coldness ,
contraception ,
cowardice ,
dearth ,
debilitation ,
debility ,
dry womb ,
dryness ,
dullness ,
easiness ,
easygoingness ,
emptiness ,
enervation ,
etiolation ,
faintness ,
family planning ,
famine ,
fatigue ,
fatuity ,
fecklessness ,
feebleness ,
flabbiness ,
flaccidity ,
flesh ,
fleshliness ,
forcelessness ,
frailty ,
frigidity ,
fruitlessness ,
futility ,
helplessness ,
hollowness ,
impotency ,
imprecision ,
inadequacy ,
inanity ,
incompetence ,
indifference ,
ineffectiveness ,
ineffectuality ,
ineffectualness ,
inefficaciousness ,
inefficacy ,
ineptness ,
infecundity ,
infertility ,
lack of force ,
lack of influence ,
lack of magnetism ,
lack of personality ,
lack of power ,
languishment ,
languor ,
lassitude ,
laxity ,
laxness ,
leniency ,
libido ,
listlessness ,
looseness ,
loosening ,
love ,
lovemaking ,
marriage ,
meaninglessness ,
negligence ,
no say ,
nugacity ,
otiosity ,
overindulgence ,
overpermissiveness ,
permissiveness ,
planned parenthood ,
pointlessness ,
potency ,
powerlessness ,
profitlessness ,
prostration ,
purposelessness ,
rat race ,
relaxation ,
relaxedness ,
remissness ,
sensuality ,
sex drive ,
sexiness ,
sexual instinct ,
sexual urge ,
sexualism ,
sexuality ,
slackness ,
sloppiness ,
sluggishness ,
softness ,
sterileness ,
sterility ,
strengthlessness ,
the absurd ,
triviality ,
unauthoritativeness ,
unfertileness ,
unfruitfulness ,
uninfluentiality ,
unpersuasiveness ,
unproductiveness ,
unprofitability ,
unprofitableness ,
unrestraint ,
valuelessness ,
vanity ,
vicious circle ,
voluptuousness ,
weakliness ,
weakness ,
weariness ,
withered loins ,
worthlessness IMPOTENCE ,
med .
jur .
The incapacity for copulation or propagating the species .
It has also been used synonymously with sterility .
2 .
Impotence may be considered as incurable ,
curable ,
accidental or temporary .
Absolute or incurable impotence ,
is that for which there is no known relief ,
principally originating in some malformation or defect of the genital organs .
Where this defect existed at the time of the marriage ,
and was incurable ,
by the ecclesiastical law and the law of several of the American states ,
the marriage may be declared void ab initio .
Com .
Dig .
Baron and Feme ,
C 3 ;
Bac .
Ab .
Marriage , &
c .,
E 3 ;
1 Bl .
Com .
440 ;
Beck '
s Med .
Jur .
67 ;
Code ,
lib .
5 ,
t .
17 ,
l .
10 ;
Poyn .
on Marr .
and Div .
ch .
8 ;
5 Paige ,
554 ;
Merl .
Rep .
mot Impuissance .
But it seems the party naturally impotent cannot allege that fact for the purpose of obtaining a divorce .
3 Phillim .
R .
147 ;
S .
C .
1 Eng .
Eccl .
R .
384 .
See 3 Phillim .
R .
325 ;
S .
C .
1 Eng .
Eccl .
R .
408 ;
1 Chit .
Med .
Jur .
877 ;
1 Par . &
Fonb .
172 ,
173 .
note d ;
Ryan '
s Med .
Jur .
95 .
to 111 ;
1 Bl .
Com .
440 ;
2 Phillim .
R .
10 ;
1 Hagg .
R .
725 .
See ,
as to the signs of impotence ,
1 Briand ,
Med .
Leg .
c .
2 ,
art .
2 ,
Sec .
2 ,
n .
1 ;
Dictionnaire des Sciences Medicales ,
art .
Impuissance ;
and ,
generally ,
Trebuchet ,
Jur .
de la .
Med .
100 ,
101 ,
102 ;
1 State Tr .
315 ;
8 State Tr .
App .
No .
1 ,
p .
23 ;
3 Phillm .
R .
147 ;
1 Hagg .
Eccl .
R .
523 ;
Fodere ,
Med .
Leg .
Sec .
237 .
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