hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

English

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.
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