dictionary help| incarcerate | medical dictionary |
1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or priso.
2. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.
<medicine> Incarcerated hernia, hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced.
Origin: Pref. In- in + L. Carceratus, p. P. Of carcerare to imprison, fr. Carcer prison.
(01 Mar 1998)
incapable, incapacity, incapsulate, incapsulation < Prev | Next > incarcerated, incarcerated hernia
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