Incarceration
Pronunciation : In*car`cer*a"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. incarc?ration.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913