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English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin incarcerātiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
incarceration (countable and uncountable, plural incarcerations)
- (chiefly US) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
- (surgery, dated) strangulation, as in hernia.
- A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
Derived terms
Translations
act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment
— see also imprisonmentconstriction of the hernial sac