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English noun: blood-brain barrier | |||
| 1. | blood-brain barrier (object) a mechanism that creates a barrier between brain tissues and circulating blood; serves to protect the central nervous system | ||
| Samples | The brain was protected from the large molecules of the virus by the blood-brain barrier. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | barrier | ||
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