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Webster 1913 Edition
Incarceration
In-carˊcer-a′tion
,Noun.
[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 1828 Edition
Incarceration
INCARCERA'TION
,Noun.