HPA

H4P3A1

Initialism of human-powered aircraft

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nounHPA (plural HPAs or HPA)

plural HPAs

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of human-powered aircraft
adjectiveHPA (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparableInitialism of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal.

    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 […].

    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
proper noun
  1. UKabbreviationhistoricalinitialismInitialism of Health Protection Agency.

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