"HPA" meaning in English

See HPA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} HPA (not comparable)
  1. Initialism of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-HPA-en-adj-UeyiYVyE Disambiguation of Anatomy: 47 53

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} HPA
  1. (UK, historical) Initialism of Health Protection Agency. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Health Protection Agency Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-HPA-en-name-ajtZhyQH Disambiguation of Anatomy: 47 53 Categories (other): British English, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59

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