Medical Definition of Pituitary-adrenal system

1. The interactions between the anterior pituitary and adrenal glands, in which corticotropin (acth) stimulates the adrenal cortex and adrenal cortical hormones suppress the production of corticotropin by the anterior pituitary. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pituitary-adrenal System

Pittsburgh pneumonia agent
Pittsfield
pitty-pat
pitty-patty
Pitt the Elder
Pitt the Younger
pituicyte
pituicytoma
pituita
pituita
pituitaries
pituitarism
pituitarium
pituitary
pituitary
pituitary-adrenal system (current term)
pituitary adamantinoma
pituitary adenoma
pituitary ameloblastoma
pituitary apoplexy
pituitary body
pituitary cachexia
pituitary diverticulum
pituitary dwarf
pituitary dwarfism
pituitary fossa
pituitary gigantism
pituitary gland
pituitary gland
pituitary gonadotropic hormone

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