inability of the male to have an erection Impotence may have a physiological or psychological basis A common cause of impotence is a high level of atherosclerosis in the arteries feeding the penis
The inability to get an erection This may be a side effect of cancer or of cancer treatment
Impotence is a man's sexual problem in which his penis fails to get hard or stay hard. Impotence affects 10 million men in the US alone. Inability to achieve or maintain erection of the penis; hence, inability to participate fully in sexual intercourse. Erectile impotence (failure to achieve erection) may have either physical causes (e.g., alcoholism, endocrine disease) or psychological ones (e.g., anxiety, hostility toward the partner). Ejaculatory impotence (inability to reach orgasm, sometimes with an erection maintained for a long time) nearly always has an emotional cause. See also Viagra
The loss of a man's ability to have an erect penis and to emit semen Some men may become impotent after having diabetes for a long time because the nerves or blood vessels have become damaged Sometimes the problem has nothing to do with diabetes and may be treated with counseling