Kegel exercise

[key-guh l, kee-]

noun

Often Kegel exercises. exercise performed to strengthen the pubococcygeus and other muscles of the pelvic floor, in order to control incontinence, improve sexual response, etc.

Origin of Kegel exercise

named after Arnold H. Kegel (1894–1981), American gynecologist

Also called Ke·gel.

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There was nothing else to do, unless you played Kegel and drank beer; for it was only a Luftkur.
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