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Potentiation refers to the combination of the effects of two (2) or more psychoactive substances such that the total effect is greater than the effect of either substance alone.

Potvaliant also spelled Pot-valiant means showing courage under the influence of drink. Courage under the influence of drink is also known as Dutch courage. The term is from pot - a drinking vessel and valiant courageous

Poverty is generally and commonly defined as the condition of having little money and few material possessions. Since poverty is defined at the family level and not the household level, the poverty status of the household is determined by the poverty status of the householder.

- Poverty of stimulus argument / Poverty of the stimulus argument : Poverty of stimulus argument refers to the argument made by followers of Nativism that the environmental input presented to children is too weak and degenerate to account for the child's language acquisition. Poverty of stimulus argument claimed that children do not hear many examples of some of the grammatical structures they acquire and therefore that they could not learn them

Power bases is defined as sources of social power in a group, which includes one’s degree of control over rewards and punishment, authority in the group, attractiveness, expertise, and access to and control over information needed by group members.

Power intervention means empowering clients that may occur during the course of therapeutic discussion. Usually encouragement and reinforcement are ways to help clients become more powerful.

Power tactics refer to specific strategies used to influence others, often to gain a particular objective or advantage.

Power Test is defined as a test that measures the quantity of work accomplished in a time period. Examples of Power Tests are: Anaerobic Power Tests that include the Margaria stair climb test and the Wingate test;. Aerobic Power Tests which is the 1.5-mile run and cycle Ergometer and Treadmill tests in which power output and oxygen consumption are measured.

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