Refractory Period

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refractory period [ri′frak·trē ‚pir·ē·əd]

(neuroscience)

A brief period of time following the stimulation of a nerve during which the nerve will not respond to a second stimulus.

Refractory Period

a brief period of disappearance or decrease in the excitability of nervous or muscle tissue. The refractory period begins immediately after the tissue’s reaction to a stimulus.

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