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    [Noun]  | "blood-brain barrier" | \ ˈbləd-ˈbrān- \


    1: a naturally occurring barrier created by the modification of brain capillaries (as by reduction in fenestration and formation of tight cell-to-cell contacts) that prevents many substances from leaving the blood and crossing the capillary walls into the brain tissues


    Origin: 1934 ;

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