/ ˈpəʊtnsi; NAmE ˈpoʊ-/ noun [ U , C ] ( pl. -ies )
1.
the power that sb/sth has to affect your body or mind :
the potency of desire
If you keep a medicine too long, it may lose its potency.
2.
the ability of a man to have sex
/ ˈpəʊtnsi; NAmE ˈpoʊ-/ noun [ U , C ] ( pl. -ies )
1.
the power that sb/sth has to affect your body or mind :
the potency of desire
If you keep a medicine too long, it may lose its potency.
2.
the ability of a man to have sex
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005