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Blood doping is a form of doping in which the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream is boosted in order to enhance athletic performance. Because such blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to the muscles, a higher concentration in the blood can improve an athlete's aerobic capacity (VO 2 max) and endurance. [1]
Bloodletting (or blood-letting) is the deliberate withdrawal of blood from a patient to prevent or cure illness and disease. Bloodletting, whether by a physician or by leeches , was based on an ancient system of medicine in which blood and other bodily fluids were regarded as " humours " that had to remain in proper balance to maintain health.
The blood ritual described in this passage is a key example of the use and significance of blood in biblical tradition. The ritual involves the sacrifice of animals and the division of their blood into two halves, with one half sprinkled on the altar, representing God, and the other half sprinkled on the people.
dririmancy/driromancy / ˈ d r ɪər ɪ m æ n s i /: by dripping blood [10] (alteration of drimimancy, influenced by Middle English drir, ' blood '). Compare hemotomancy. Compare hemotomancy. drimimancy / drymimancy / ˈ d r ɪ m ɪ m æ n s i / : by bodily fluids (Greek drimus , ' pungent ' + manteía , ' prophecy ' )
Auto-vampirism is a form of vampirism that refers to drinking one's own blood, typically as a form of sexual gratification. [2] As a mental disorder, this is also called as autohemophagia, which is derived from three Greek words: auto, which means "self"; hemos, for "blood"; and, phagos, meaning "to eat". [3]
Autocannibalism, also known as self-cannibalism and autosarcophagy, is the practice of eating parts of one's own body. [1] [2] Generally, only the consumption of flesh (including organ meat such as heart or liver) by an individual of the same species is considered cannibalism. [3]
High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is a vicious and smart adversary.It’s vicious because it greatly increases the odds of heart disease and stroke, some of the leading causes of ...
The medium Daniel Dunglas Home was an alleged practitioner of pyrokinesis.. Pyrokinesis is a psychic ability allowing a person to create and control fire with the mind. [1] [2] [3] As with other parapsychological phenomena, there is no conclusive evidence in support of the actual existence of pyrokinesis.