Definition of Incarciration
In*car`cer*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F.
incarcération.]
1. The act of confining, or the state of
being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill.
2. (Med.) (a)
Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. (b)
A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but
not great enough to cause strangulation.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
- Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.
- A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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