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Doping

Topics referred to by the same term

Doping may refer to:

  • Doping, adding a dopant to something
  • Doping (semiconductor), intentionally introducing impurities into an extremely pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties
  • Aircraft dope, a lacquer that is applied to fabric-covered aircraft
  • Link doping, in search engine optimization

01Sports

  • Doping in sport, the use of drugs or other methods to improve athletic performance
  • Abortion doping, the rumoured practice of purposely inducing pregnancy for performance-enhancing benefits, then aborting
  • Blood doping, boosting the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream
  • Boosting (doping), a method of inducing autonomic dysreflexia
  • Gene doping, the hypothetical non-therapeutic use of gene therapy by athletes
  • Stem cell doping, the theoratical practice of injecting stem cells into the blood for increased athletic performance
  • Technology doping, the use of certain equipment to gain an advantage over competition
  • Doping in China, an alleged doping operation performed by the People's Republic of China
  • Doping in Russia, the pattern of Russian athletes doping in the Olympic Games
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