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Definition: Incarcerated hernia
Incarcerate
\In*car"cer*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Incarcerated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Incarcerating.] [Pref. in-
in + L. carceratus, p. p. of carcerare to imprison, fr.
carcer prison.]
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1. To imprison; to confine in a jail or prison.
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2. To confine; to shut up or inclose; to hem in.
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Incarcerated hernia (Med.), hernia in which the
constriction can not be easily reduced.
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