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 after orgasm

• Catalan: període refractari m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不應期／不应期 (zh) (bùyīngqī), 賢者時間／贤者时间 (zh) (xiánzhě shíjiān) (slang, neologism)

• Galician: período refractario m
• Icelandic: tornæmistími m, hleðslutími m
• Portuguese: período refratário m
• Spanish: periodo refractario m, período refractario m