Potency may refer to:
- Potency (pharmacology), a measure of the activity of a drug in a biological system
- Virility
- Potency (stem cell) is a measure of the differentiation potential of stem cells
- In homeopathy, potency is a measure of how dilute a substance is
Famous quotes containing the word potency:
“The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action, in man.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“He tries by a peculiar speech to speak
The peculiar potency of the general,
To compound the imagination’s Latin with
The lingua franca et jocundissima.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“A few more years will destroy whatever yet remains of that magical potency which once belonged to the name of Byron.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)