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potent(1) (iou)



potent adjective2 & noun2. LME.
[Latin potent- pres. ppl stem of posse be powerful or able, for potis esse: see -ENT.]
A. adjective.
Powerful; having great power, authority, or influence. LME.
S. Biko The most potent weapon..of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. B. Pym Sloth and sex are less potent temptations for a writer in her sixties.
b. Of a principle, motive, idea, etc.: cogent, convincing. L16.
C. Lambert Their most potent arguments were drawn from the era..we all imagined to be closed.
Having power to cause a physical effect; spec. having the power to intoxicate easily. E17.
Tolkien It must be potent Wine to make a wood-elf drowsy. W. S. Burroughs They know an aphrodisiac so potent that it shatters the body to quivering pieces.
Able to achieve erection of the penis; (esp. of a male) able to have sexual intercourse or to reach orgasm or (popularly) to procreate. L19.
B. noun.
Power; a power. E16-M17.
A potent person, a potentate; the potent, potent people. M16-M17.
A military warrant or order. E17-E18.
potently adverb M16.
potentness noun (rare) L16.

Dissection, axillary (health)


Surgery in which the axilla (the armpit) is opened -- to "dissect" means to "cut apart" -- in order to identify, examine, and sometimes remove structures such as lymph nodes or Other tissue for diagnosis or treatment.