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hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis noun: a complex set of direct influences and feedback interactions among the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland and the adrenal glands.

Noun

hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (countable and uncountable, plural hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axes)

  1. A complex set of direct influences and feedback interactions among the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland and the adrenal glands.

Forms of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

pluralhypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axes

Questions about hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

What does hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis mean?
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis means a complex set of direct influences and feedback interactions among the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland and the adrenal glands.
What part of speech is hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis?
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis is a noun.
What is the plural of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis?
The plural of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis is hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axes.

Words near hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in the dictionary

  1. hypothalamectomies
  2. hypothalamectomy
  3. hypothalami
  4. hypothalamic
  5. hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
  6. hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
  7. hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical
  8. hypothalamically
  9. hypothalamo-
  10. hypothalamo-infundibular
  11. hypothalamo-mesencephalic

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