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blood-brain barriers

blood-brain barriers is the plural of blood-brain barrier.

Meaning of blood-brain barrier

Noun

blood-brain barrier (plural blood-brain barriers)

  1. A highly selective, semipermeable interface between the blood and the brain's interstitial fluid that regulates the movement of molecules and ions into the central nervous system.
    • The brain and spinal cord are insulated by a tight cellular seal called the blood-brain barrier that prevents foreign chemicals from easily getting into the brain.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 147

Questions about blood-brain barriers

What is blood-brain barriers the plural of?
Blood-brain barriers is the plural of blood-brain barrier.

Words near blood-brain barriers in the dictionary

  1. blood, sweat, and tears
  2. blood-and-guts
  3. blood-and-gutsy
  4. blood-boiling
  5. blood-brain barrier
  6. blood-brain barriers
  7. blood-cell
  8. blood-cells
  9. blood-chiller
  10. blood-chilling
  11. blood-curdler

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