blood doping


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for temporarily improving athletic performance in which oxygen-carrying red blood cells from blood previously withdrawn from an athlete are reinjected just before an event —called also blood packing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

1973

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