refractory period

Noun

 * 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.

Translations

 * Catalan: període refractari
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Galician: período refractario
 * Icelandic: tornæmistími, hleðslutími
 * Portuguese: período refratário
 * Spanish: periodo refractario, período refractario