Kegel exercise

[ key-guhl, kee- ]

/ ˈkeɪ gəl, ˈki- /

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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.

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Also called Kegel.

Origin of Kegel exercise

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

Words nearby Kegel exercise

kefir, Keflavík, Keflex, keftedes, keg, Kegel exercise, Kegel exercises, kegler, kegling, keg party, kehillah

How to use Kegel exercise in a sentence

Any plans to grow her exercise movement must, she insists, remain “completely organic.”
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In the last year, her fusion exercise class has attracted a cult following and become de rigueur among the celebrity set.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Such is her burgeoning popularity Toomey is looking to employ more instructors to lead her highly personalized exercise classes.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A lot of people ring in the New Year with vows to lose weight and exercise.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Frustrating as regulars find these fair-weather exercise interlopers, they were also all beginners once, he says.
How to Survive the New Year ‘Gympocalypse’|Tim Teeman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Variety is admissible only in addition to the original exercise, but should not be substituted for it.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
The designs of Russia have long been proverbial; but the exercise of the new art of printing may assign them new features.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The exercise of learning the names of the twenty-four Presidents is a good one for this purpose.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Why did he not exercise more precaution when investigating anything so suspicious as a concealed fire?
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
When a man's in clink, his nag gets nothing but mild exercise till his rightful rider gets out.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair