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The inability to achieve or maintain a penile erection of sufficient quantity
to engage in successful sexual intercourse; male erectile disorder. Two
types are described by Masters and Johnson: in primary impotence, there has
never been a successful sexual coupling; in secondary impotence, failure occurs
following at least one successful union. Compare with orgasmic
dysfunction. See sexual arousal disorders.
Source: Edgerton, Jane E. 1994. American Psychiatric Glossary, 7th Edition. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press
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