exertional

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adjective

Of or pertaining to exertion.

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Meanings

adjectiveexertional (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to exertion.

    The San Francisco Giants left-hander Noah Lowry needs surgery to correct exertional compartment syndrome, which according to mayoclinic.com causes pain, swelling and sometimes disability in affected muscles of the legs or arms.

    2008 March 7, Agence France-Presse, “Bonds’s 756th Home Run Ball Could Soon Reach the Hall of Fame”, in New York Times

Origin

From exertion + -al.

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APA

exertional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exertional

MLA

“exertional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exertional. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exertional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exertional.

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