medicine ball

noun

A large, heavy sphere of leather, plastic or rubber etc. filled with sand or similar, and used for athletic training or physical rehabilitation.

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Meanings

nounmedicine ball (plural medicine balls)

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.

Origin

Referring to its therapeutic use.

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Translations

Bulgarian медицинска топка
  • медицинска топка (medicinska topka)sphere
Chinese Mandarin 實心球 /实心球
  • 實心球 /实心球 (shíxīnqiú)sphere
Czech medicinbal
  • medicinbalsphere
Finnish kuntopallo
  • kuntopallosphere
German Medizinball
  • Medizinballsphere
Hebrew כדור כוח, כדור בריאות
  • כדור כוח (kadúr kóakh)sphere
  • כדור בריאות (kadúr bri'út)sphere
Hungarian medicinlabda
  • medicinlabdasphere
Japanese メディシンボール
  • メディシンボール (medishinbōru)sphere
Korean 메디슨볼
  • 메디슨볼 (mediseunbol)sphere
Polish piłka lekarska
  • piłka lekarskasphere
Russian медицинбо́л, медбо́л
  • медицинбо́л (medicinból)sphere
  • медбо́л (medból)sphere
  • набивно́й мяч (nabivnój mjač)sphere
Spanish balón medicinal, balón de medicina
  • balón medicinalsphere
  • balón de medicinasphere
  • balón de gimnasiasphere
Swedish medicinboll
  • medicinbollsphere
Cite this entry
APA

medicine ball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medicine%20ball

MLA

“medicine ball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medicine%20ball. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “medicine ball,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medicine%20ball.

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