liệt dương

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Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Impotent; without sexual power: "liệt dương" describes the medical condition of a male being unable to achieve or maintain an erection sufficient for sexual intercourse.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy bị liệt dương sau tai nạn. (He became impotent after the accident.)
  • Chứng liệt dương có thể do nhiều nguyên nhân gây ra. (Impotence can be caused by many factors.)

Advanced Usage

• "bị liệt dương": to suffer from impotence.
  • Ông ấy đang điều trị vì bị liệt dương. (He is undergoing treatment for suffering from impotence.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rối loạn cương dương (Erectile Dysfunction - ED): This is a more formal and clinical medical term that is often synonymous with "liệt dương" in modern usage.
  • Rối loạn cương dương là thuật ngữ y khoa cho chứng liệt dương. (Erectile dysfunction is the medical term for impotence.)

Synonyms

• Bất lực: impotent (a direct synonym).
• Yếu sinh lý: weak sexual potency (a related, sometimes less severe or more general term).

Notes on Usage

• Register: "Liệt dương" is a direct and clinical term. It is used in medical contexts and general conversation, but it can be considered blunt. The term "rối loạn cương dương" is often preferred in formal or sensitive discussions.
• Context: This word is specifically used for the male condition. It is an adjective but is most commonly used in the structure "bị liệt dương" (to be/have impotence).

Học thuật

adj

1. impotent; with out sexual power