"refractory period" meaning in English

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Noun

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
    Sense id: en-refractory_period-en-noun-Lm7uejuG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 79 21 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  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: 23 77 Disambiguation of 'recovery phase after orgasm': 19 81

Inflected forms

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