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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A biologically inactive form of testosterone, C19H28O2, that is normally present in amounts about equal to testosterone in adult males, with high ratios of testosterone to epitestosterone in urine indicating that an individual may have taken exogenous testosterone.
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- noun organic chemistry An
inactive epimer of thesteroid hormone testosterone
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Examples
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If you have doubts, look back at the old testosterone/epitestosterone standards.
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If you have doubts, look back at the old testosterone/epitestosterone standards.
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Sports Illustrated reports that in 1999 USA Cycling asked Catlin for thetestosterone-epitestosterone ratios for a cyclist identified only by hisdrug-testing code numbers.
Catlin says it’s ‘not possible’ to comment on SI story without data 2011
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The letter back to USAC said that data from some early samples from the athlete could not be recovered, but that later samples from the athlete in question showed abnormally high testosterone-epitestosterone ratios on initial tests.
Don Catlin says Sports Illustrated article mischaracterized him 2011
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The World Anti-Doping Agency lowered the abnormal T/E ratio to 4:1 in 2005; most people have a ratio of about 1:1 testosterone to epitestosterone in their urine.
Catlin says it’s ‘not possible’ to comment on SI story without data 2011
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Landis 'urine sample after a stage win in last year's Tour de France was found to contain elevated testosterone to epitestosterone levels.
Anti-doping agency postpones decision on Landis, who won't race in France in '07 2007
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A doping test showed Landis had elevated ratios of testosterone to epitestosterone.
French doping agency studying explanation from Tour runner-up Pereiro 2007
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Two weeks later, UCI announced that the second, "B" sample of Landis's urine showed an abnormally high ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone, just as the first sample had.
Dave Hollander: What Does Floyd Landis Owe Oscar Pereiro? 2008
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The "A" test showed a testosterone to epitestosterone ratio of 11-1; the permissible level is 4-1.
Dave Hollander: What Does Floyd Landis Owe Oscar Pereiro? 2008
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Most people have a 1: 1 ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone (another form of testosterone).
USATODAY.com - From spotlight to suspicion: Landis' drug test a blow to cycling 2006
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