potency

🇺🇸 /ˈpəʊtnsi/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpəʊtnsi/
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noun
R

How strong or effective something is.

Aspirin can lose its potency if you keep it for too long.

R

A man's ability to have sexual intercourse.

Concerns about losing sexual potency can cause anxiety.

translation

n. How strong or effective something is.; A man's ability to have sexual intercourse.

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Plural potencies