incarceration
nounThe act of incarcerating or imprisoning; imprisonment.
nounIn surgery, obstinate constriction, as of a hernia, or retention, as of the placenta in childbirth; strangulation, as in hernia.
nounThe act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
nounFormerly, strangulation, as in hernia.
nounA constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
nounThe act of
Formerly,
A
the state of being imprisoned
