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Definition of the blood-brain barrier in English English dictionary
- The blood-brain barrier.
- hematoencephalic barrier
- blood-brain barrier
- A structure in the central nervous system (CNS) that keeps various substances found in the bloodstream out of the brain while allowing in the substances essential to metabolic function, e.g. oxygen
- blood-brain barrier
- a mechanism that creates a barrier between brain tissues and circulating blood; serves to protect the central nervous system; "the brain was protected from the large molecules of the virus by the blood-brain barrier
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