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blood doping

noun

Definition of blood doping

: a technique for temporarily improving athletic performance in which oxygen-carrying red blood cells from blood previously withdrawn from an athlete are reinjected just before an event

— called also blood packing

First Known Use of blood doping

1971, in the meaning defined above

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blood doping

noun

English Language Learners Definition of blood doping

: an illegal method for temporarily improving an athlete's performance in a race or competition by increasing the number of red blood cells in the blood

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blood doping

noun

Medical Definition of blood doping

: a technique for temporarily improving athletic performance in which oxygen-carrying red blood cells previously withdrawn from an athlete are injected back just before an event

— called also blood packing

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