refractory period

English

Noun

refractory period (plural refractory periods)

1. (biology) The period, after excitation, during which a membrane recovers its polarization and is not able to respond to a second stimulus.
2. A recovery phase after orgasm, during which it is physiologically impossible for an individual to have additional orgasms.

Translations

recovery phase

• Galician: período refractario m
• Icelandic: tornæmistími m, hleðslutími m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: período refratário m
• Spanish: periodo refractario m, período refractario m