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blood doping definition

blood· dop·ing (dō′piŋ)

the practice of draining and freezing a person's blood and then restoring it just prior to intense physical effort, esp. to an athlete just before competition, so as to improve endurance by the sudden, temporary increase in red blood cells available for carrying oxygen

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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