doping

[ doh-ping ]
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noun
  1. an act or instance of giving a drug to an athlete or horse, so as to affect performance in a race or other competition.

  2. Electronics. a method of adding a dopant to a pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties.

Origin of doping

1
First recorded in 1950–55; dope + -ing1

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