carbo-loadingn.
/ˈkɑːbəʊˌləʊdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkɑrboʊˌloʊdɪŋ/ Chiefly Athletics. colloquial (originally U.S.).
= carbohydrate loading n. at carbohydrate n. Compounds 3.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by medicine or drug > [noun] > in doses
dosage1876
loading1965
carbo-loading1975
1975 Food for Fitness 23 Carbo-loading is used mainly by long-distance athletes like marathoners and bike racers.
1980 Capital (Annapolis, Md.) 2 Oct. 1/2 For the sophisticated distance runner, the as-yet unsolved medical mysteries of the runner's ‘high’..and ‘carbo loading’ provide the satisfaction of extending the frontiers of human knowledge.
1986 B. Fussell I hear Amer. Cooking iv. xiv. 261 Carbo loading on a cold morning stoked the body's furnace.
2003 Guardian 3 July (Life section) 4/1 In recent years, isotonic drinks, carbo-loading, heart-rate monitors and power cranks..have brought to the starting line a new breed of clinically prepared athletes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
n.1975