incarceration
Pronunciation: /ɪŋˌkɑː(ɹ)səˈɹeɪʃən/
The English word “incarceration” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
- A strangulation, as in a hernia.
- A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin incarcerātiō, equivalent to incarcerate + -ion.
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