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potency

  (pōt'n-sē)

1. The quality or condition of being potent.
2. Inherent capacity for growth and development; potentiality.

noun

1. The state or quality of being physically strong: brawn, might, muscle, potence, power, powerfulness, puissance, sinew, strength, thew (often used in plural). See strong/weak.
2. Capacity or power for work or vigorous activity: animation, energy, force, might, power, puissance, sprightliness, steam, strength. Informal get-up-and-go, go, pep, peppiness, zip. See action/inaction.
3. The power or capacity to produce a desired result: effect, effectiveness, effectuality, effectualness, efficaciousness, efficacy, efficiency, influence. See affect/ineffectiveness.

Definition: effectiveness
Antonyms: disability, impotency, ineffectiveness, weakness

Power.

Power; especially (1) the ability of the male to perform coitus; (2) the power of a medicinal agent to produce the desired effects; (3) the ability of an embryonic part to develop and complete its destiny.

• centesimal p. — in homeopathy, the scale of dilution of a remedy. Each dilution is one in a hundred.
• decimal p. — in homeopathy, the scale of dilution of a remedy. Each dilution is one in ten.

Potency may refer to:

• Virility
• Lack of the above: Erectile dysfunction, Infertility or Effeminacy.
• In pharmacology, potency is a measure of the activity of a drug in a biological system. A drug's potency depends both on its affinity for its receptor and on its efficacy. Potency does not necessarily mean more side effects.
• The THC content of different varieties of Cannabis.
• In biology, potency is a measure of the differentiation potential of stem cells
• In seismology, the quotient of seismic moment and rigidity.

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