blood-brain barrier

NOUN
19 LETTERS · STARTS WITH B

blood-brain barrier is a valid 19-letter word worth 24 points in Scrabble and 29 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3L1O1O1D2-0B3R1A1I1N1B3A1R1R1I1E1R1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =24 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 48TRIPLE WORD → 72
MEANING

What does blood-brain barrier mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

A mechanism that creates a barrier between brain tissues and circulating blood; serves to protect the central nervous system.

“the brain was protected from the large molecules of the virus by the blood-brain barrier”

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