"medicine ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: medicine balls [plural]
Etymology: Referring to its therapeutic use. Head templates: {{en-noun}} medicine ball (plural medicine balls)
  1. A large, heavy sphere of leather, plastic or rubber etc. filled with sand or similar, and used for athletic training or physical rehabilitation. Wikipedia link: medicine ball Categories (topical): Exercise equipment Translations (sphere): медицинска топка (medicinska topka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 實心球 (Chinese Mandarin), 实心球 (shíxīnqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), medicinbal [masculine] (Czech), kuntopallo (Finnish), Medizinball [masculine] (German), כדור כוח (kadúr kóakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), כדור בריאות (kadúr briút) [masculine] (Hebrew), medicinlabda (Hungarian), メディシンボール (medishinbōru) (Japanese), piłka lekarska [feminine] (Polish), медицинбо́л (medicinból) [masculine] (Russian), медбо́л (medból) [masculine] (Russian), набивно́й мяч (nabivnój mjač) [masculine] (Russian), balón medicinal [masculine] (Spanish), balón de medicina [masculine] (Spanish), balón de gimnasia [masculine] (Spanish), medicinboll (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-medicine_ball-en-noun-OGLLdyWy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with redundant script codes

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          "tags": [
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          "word": "набивно́й мяч"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "sphere",
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      "sense": "sphere",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
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      "sense": "sphere",
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      "word": "medicinlabda"
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      "sense": "sphere",
      "word": "メディシンボール"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "piłka lekarska"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "medicinból",
      "sense": "sphere",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "медицинбо́л"
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      "sense": "sphere",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "медбо́л"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "sphere",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "набивно́й мяч"
    },
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sphere",
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      "word": "balón de gimnasia"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sphere",
      "word": "medicinboll"
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