impotence

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The treatment itself can also cause incontinence and impotence, which can significantly affect quality of life.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

Men do not face a binary choice between power, birthright and dignity on one hand, and emasculation and impotence on the other.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2024

In fact, despite all of DeLillo’s fascination with terrorism and death cults and the impotence of the individual swept up in unstoppable social forces, I’ve never considered him to be an especially paranoid writer.

From New York Times • May 22, 2024

In Pinter, troubled vision is often associated with impotence and diminished vitality.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023

Adding to his misery was his feeling of impotence; for perhaps the first time in his career, he was confronted with an engineering crisis he could not fix himself.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik