Refractory period

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Refractory period is a period immediately following a stimulus during which further stimulation has no effect. It may specifically refer to:

Refractory period (physiology), recovery time of an excitable membrane to be ready for a second stimulus once it returns to its resting state, following…
Refractory period (sex), the recovery phase after orgasm during which it is physiologically impossible for an individual to have additional orgasms
Psychological refractory period, the delay in response to the second of two closely spaced psychological stimuli
Postictal state, the period following a series of epileptic seizures during which seizures cannot be induced

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