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1. the ability of the male to perform sexual intercourse. 2. the relationship between the therapeutic effect of a drug and the dose necessary to achieve that effect; a drug with a higher potency will require a smaller dose to produce a given effect. Clinically, potency has little use except as a means to compare the relative activities of pharmaceutic agents. Cf. efficacy. 3. the ability of an embryonic part to develop and complete its destiny.
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