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refractory periods

refractory periods is the plural of refractory period.

Meaning of refractory period

Noun

refractory period (plural refractory periods)

  1. 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.

Questions about refractory periods

What is refractory periods the plural of?
Refractory periods is the plural of refractory period.

Words near refractory periods in the dictionary

  1. refractory
  2. refractory anaemia with excess blasts
  3. refractory metal
  4. refractory metals
  5. refractory period
  6. refractory periods
  7. refractory rhyme
  8. refractory rhymes
  9. refracts
  10. refracture
  11. refractured

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