"refractory period" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: refractory periods [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Biology, Sex
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  2. A recovery phase after orgasm, during which it is physiologically impossible for an individual to have additional orgasms. Categories (topical): Sex Translations (recovery phase after orgasm): període refractari [masculine] (Catalan), 不應期 (Chinese Mandarin), 不应期 (bùyīngqī) (Chinese Mandarin), 賢者時間 (Chinese Mandarin), 贤者时间 (xiánzhě shíjiān) [neologism, slang] (Chinese Mandarin), período refractario [masculine] (Galician), tornæmistími [masculine] (Icelandic), hleðslutími [masculine] (Icelandic), período refratário [masculine] (Portuguese), periodo refractario [masculine] (Spanish), período refractario [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-refractory_period-en-noun-iF4JdfsH Disambiguation of Sex: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'recovery phase after orgasm': 25 75

Inflected forms

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