Synonyms and Antonyms for blood-brain-barrier
1. barrier (n.)
a structure or object that impedes free movement
- starting stall
- fence
- handrail
- railing
- breakwater
- bannister
- hurdle
- movable barrier
- balusters
- mole
- groyne
- fencing
- fender
- jetty
- dyke
- crash barrier
- grating
- impediment
- revetment
- banister
- dam
- rail
- dike
- obstructer
- grate
- obstructor
- balustrade
- impedimenta
- obstruction
- bulwark
- roadblock
- barricade
- groin
- starting gate
- wing
- seawall
2. barrier (n.)
any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective
3. barrier (n.)
anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access
4. blood (n.)
the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
5. brain (n.)
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- brain-stem
- prosencephalon
- hindbrain
- mesencephalon
- communicating artery
- neural structure
- central nervous system
- circle of Willis
- brain cell
- systema nervosum centrale
- ventricle
- neencephalon
- neoencephalon
- head
- encephalon
- CNS
- brain stem
- rhombencephalon
- arteria communicans
- caput
- midbrain
- brainstem
- forebrain
6. brain (n.)
mental ability
7. brain (n.)
that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
8. brain (n.)
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
9. blood (n.)
temperament or disposition
10. blood (n.)
a dissolute man in fashionable society
