blood boosting

  • 1Blood 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 …

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  • 2blood boosting — n. blood doping, procedure of illegal injection of oxygenated blood into an athlete just before a competition to intensify and improve performance …

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  • 3blood boosting — Sports Med. See blood doping. * * * …

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  • 4blood boosting — Sports Med. See blood doping …

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  • 5blood 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… …

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  • 6blood doping — n. blood boosting, procedure of illegal injection of oxygenated blood into an athlete just before a competition to intensify and improve performance …

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  • 7blood doping — (also blood boosting) noun the injection of oxygenated blood into an athlete before an event in an (illegal) attempt to enhance performance …

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  • 8Blood 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… …

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  • 9boosting — n. use of one drug to rais blood levels as to intensify the activity of another drug (Medicine) buːst n. push, shove; raising, lift; incentive, encouragement v. raise; push; urge …

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  • 10blooddoping — 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… …

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