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hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical

hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical adjective: relating to the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland and the adrenal cortex.

Adjective

hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland and the adrenal cortex.

Questions about hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical

What does hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical mean?
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical means relating to the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland and the adrenal cortex.
What part of speech is hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical?
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical is an adjective.

Words near hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical in the dictionary

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

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