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BLOOD-BRAIN-BARRIER


origination date: 03/01/2002
originator: Micha
check date: 04/03/2002
checker: Pamela
subject field: medicine: body-part
URL: http://www.ama-assn.org/special/hiv/newsline/briefing/bbb.htm


Conceptual Structures
ISAPART-OF-CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM
ANCESTORSALL
ANIMAL-PART
ANIMATE
ANIMATE-PART
BODY-PART
INTERNAL-ANIMAL-PART
OBJECT
PART-OF-CENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM
PART-OF-NERVOUS-SYSTEM
PART-OF-PHYSIOLOGICAL-SYSTEM
PHYSICAL-OBJECT
SEPARABLE-ENTITY


English
blood brain barrierdefinition: thin membrane that can prevent harmful substances from getting into the central nervous system (the spinal cord and brain). It can also prevent drugs from entering brain tissue. (en)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term

Spanish
barrera hematoencefálicadefinition: membrana delgada que impide la entrada de sustancias nocivas al sistema nervioso central (médula espinal y cerebro). También puede impedir la entrada de fármacos al cerebro. (es)
gender: feminine
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term