Potencyis an official measurement in pharmacology, or the science of prescribing drugs. It's also useful for describing a person's power or authority over others. The Latin root word ispotentia, or "power," and its origin goes all the way back to the Sanskrit word for "master or husband...
2 Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology, Washington State University, PO Box 646520, Pullman, WA 99164, USA * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Brain Sci. 2012, 2(4), 504-522; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci2040504 Submission...