the practice of increasing the number of red blood cells in an athlete’s bloodstream in order to improve their performance by allowing the body to transport more oxygen to the muscles
There are three widelyknownsubstances or methodsused for blooddoping: injections of EPO, syntheticoxygencarriers and bloodtransfusions.
This meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary from United Kingdom on 09/08/2015
Synonyms and related words
Medical and health treatments
acupressure
acupuncture
aftercare
Synonyms and related words
The heart, blood and circulation
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ABO system
anticoagulant
blood doping
noun uncountable
US /ˈblʌd ˌdoʊpɪŋ/
DEFINITIONS1
1
the practice of increasing the number of red blood cells in an athlete’s bloodstream in order to improve their performance by allowing the body to transport more oxygen to the muscles
There are three widelyknownsubstances or methodsused for blooddoping: injections of EPO, syntheticoxygencarriers and bloodtransfusions.
This meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary from United Kingdom on 09/08/2015