blood-brain barrier
Noun
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A mechanism that creates a barrier between brain tissues and circulating blood;
Serves to protect the central nervous system (synset 109246818)"the brain was protected from the large molecules of the virus by the blood-brain barrier"is a type of: barrier - anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access
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