performance-enhancing

[per-fawr-muhns en-han-sing, ‐en-hahn-sing]

adjective

1. noting or relating to a drug or other substance used to improve one's performance in a sport or other activity requiring strength, stamina, etc..

   The use of performance-enhancing steroids by athletes is banned.

Word History and Origins

Origin of performance-enhancing¹

First recorded in 1975–1980