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silent period[′sī·lənt ′pir·ē·əd] (communications) Period during each hour in which ship and shore radio stations must remain silent and listen for distress calls. silent period
si·lent pe·ri·od1. the time during which there is no electrical activity in a muscle following its rapid unloading; 2. any pause in an otherwise continuous series of electrophysiologic events. silent period1. The time in the course of a disease in which the signs and symptoms are so mild as to be difficult to detect.2. A pause in normally continuous electrical events such as an electrocardiogram (ECG) or electroencephalogram (EEG).3. A period in a tendon reflex that immediately follows the contraction of the responding muscles during which the motor neurons do not respond to afferent impulses entering the reflex center.See also: periodsi·lent pe·ri·od (sīlĕnt pērē-ŏd) Time during which no electrical activity occurs in a muscle following its rapid unloading. |