Usually means: Selective barrier protecting the brain.
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  2. blood-brain barrier: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. Blood-brain barrier: Merck Manuals
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Definitions from Wiktionary (blood-brain barrier)

noun:  (anatomy) 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.

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