Table wine average prices were 32% higher in 2012 than in 1997. The level of alcohol. taxation on a 75cl bottle has risen by 70% (or Â£1.06) over the 15-year period compared. with a 6% (or 10p) decline in the cost of the product before tax. Table wine taxes have. remained higher than pre-tax prices since 1999.
An air-filled lung cyst within or contiguous to the visceral pleura, usually seen radiologically at the lung apex; more likely to develop and to rupture with resulting pneumothorax in taller people. Compare: bulla. (bleb) a large flaccid vesicle, usually at least 1 cm. in diameter.
blood-brain barrier (BBB). Etymology: AS, blod + bragen + ME, barrere. an anatomic-physiologic feature of the brain thought to consist of walls of capillaries in the central nervous system and surrounding astrocytic glial membranes. The barrier separates the parenchyma of the central nervous system from blood.The blood-brain barrier prevents or slows the passage of some drugs and other chemical compounds, radioactive ions, and disease-causing organisms such as viruses from the blood into the central nervous system.lood-brain barrier (BBB). Etymology: AS, blod + bragen + ME, barrere. an anatomic-physiologic feature of the brain thought to consist of walls of capillaries in the central nervous system and surrounding astrocytic glial membranes. The barrier separates the parenchyma of the central nervous system from blood.