Kegel exercise

Ke·gel exercise

noun

Any of various exercises involving controlled contraction and release of the muscles at the base of the pelvis, used especially as a treatment for urinary incontinence.

Origin of Kegel exercise

After Arnold H. Kegel (1894-1981), American gynecologist

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