KEGEL EXERCISES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kegel exercises mean? 

• KEGEL EXERCISES (noun)
  The noun KEGEL EXERCISES has 1 sense:

1. exercises for women designed to improve the ability to hold urine

  Familiarity information: KEGEL EXERCISES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KEGEL EXERCISES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exercises for women designed to improve the ability to hold urine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Kegel exercises; pubococcygeus exercises

Hypernyms ("Kegel exercises" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Treatments include special pelvic muscle exercises called Kegel exercises.

(Pelvic Support Problems, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)