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インポテンツ (いんぽてんつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

インポテンツ

also: いんぽてんす

い

ん

ぽ

て

ん

つ

Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

impotence; erectile dysfunction

Medical/clinical term for sexual impotence, often used in formal or medical contexts.

from German Impotenz

医い者しゃは彼かれにインポテンツの

治ち

療りょう

法ほう

を

説せつ

明めい

し

た

。

The doctor explained the treatment for impotence to him.

Related words

不ふ能のうN1
インポテンツ is the common loanword for impotence used in everyday speech, while 不能 is the older, more clinical term for the same condition.

Written forms

インポテンツUsage83%
Common katakana spelling derived from German Impotenz.
インポテンスUsage17%
Alternate spelling closer to English impotence; less common than インポテンツ.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Impotenz, meaning impotence.