In·car′cer·ā′tion, n.

n. [Fr. incarcération, It. incarcerazione, incarceragione, Pr. encarceration, Sp. encarcelacion. See supra.]

1. The act of imprisoning or confining; imprisonment.
2. (Surg.) (a.) Constriction about the hernial sac or elsewhere, in cases of hernia, which does not admit of being easily reduced. (b.) Strangulation, as in hernia, &c.