impotence: a
hypophilic condition or syndrome, of variable etiology, in which
erection of the penis is lacking or defective under normally conducive conditions; recurrent
premature loss of erection of the
penis, or its failure to become erect, during the acceptive phase of and erotic/sexual episode. The term has, as in
frigidity for the female condition, fallen into disuse. Erectile failure,
erectile insufficiency, or erectile difficulty are synonyms.
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