1. Possessing force, power, strength. 2. Indicating the ability of a primitive cell to differentiate. SEE ALSO: totipotent, pluripotent, unipotent. 3. In psychiatry, possessing sexual potency.
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po·tent 'pōt-ənt adj
1) having force or power
2) chemically or medicinally effective <a \potent vaccine>
3) able to copulate usu. used of the male
po·tent·ly adv
Medical dictionary. 2011.