HPA
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]HPA (not comparable)
- Initialism of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal.
- 2008, Helmut Vedder, edited by Adriana del Rey, George Chrousos, and Hugo Besedovsky, The Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis (NeuroImmune Biology), volume 7, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 25:
- Numerous other reports have shown that stress experience alters the sleep-wake cycle […] , pointing to a tight relationship between HPA axis activity and the sleep-wakefulness cycle […] .
Proper noun
[edit]HPA
- (UK, historical) Initialism of Health Protection Agency.