CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardiopulmonary exercise mean? 

• CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE (noun)
  The noun CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE has 1 sense:

1. exercise intended to strengthen the circulatory system

  Familiarity information: CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exercise intended to strengthen the circulatory system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cardiopulmonary exercise" is a kind of...):

exercise; exercising; physical exercise; physical exertion; workout (the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cardiopulmonary exercise"):

jump rope (a child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope)

conditioner (exercise that conditions the body)

aerobic exercise; aerobics (exercise that increases the need for oxygen)

jogging (running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise)

power walking (a form of cardiopulmonary exercise consisting of rapid walking accompanied by vigorous swinging of the arms)

 Context examples 

Running at a trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise.

(Jogging, NCI Thesaurus)