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Blood boosting — Blood Boosting, sometimes called blood packing or blood doping, is a means to improve athletic performance through manipulation of blood chemistry/composition timed around athletic events. MethodsThe practice most commonly known as blood boosting … Wikipedia
blood boosting — n. blood doping, procedure of illegal injection of oxygenated blood into an athlete just before a competition to intensify and improve performance … English contemporary dictionary
blood boosting — Sports Med. See blood doping … Useful english dictionary
blood doping — Sports Med. a procedure in which an athlete is injected with his or her own blood or the blood of a family member prior to competition, purportedly increasing the blood s oxygen carrying capacity owing to the addition of red blood cells. Also… … Universalium
blood doping — n. blood boosting, procedure of illegal injection of oxygenated blood into an athlete just before a competition to intensify and improve performance … English contemporary dictionary
blood doping — (also blood boosting) noun the injection of oxygenated blood into an athlete before an event in an (illegal) attempt to enhance performance … English new terms dictionary
Blood doping — is the practice of boosting the number of red blood cells (RBCs) in the circulation in order to enhance athletic performance. Because they carry oxygen from the lungs to the muscles, more RBCs in the blood can improve an athlete’s aerobic… … Wikipedia
boosting — n. use of one drug to rais blood levels as to intensify the activity of another drug (Medicine) buËst n. push, shove; raising, lift; incentive, encouragement v. raise; push; urge … English contemporary dictionary
blooddoping — blood doping n. The process of increasing the number of circulating red blood cells, either by transfusing an individual with blood that has been previously removed or by administering erythropoietin, in order to increase the oxygen carrying… … Universalium
Don Catlin — Don H. Catlin, M.D. (born 1938) is an anti doping scientist and one of the founders of modern drug testing in sport. [1] [2][3][4][5] Contents … Wikipedia
