incarceration

The act of incarcerating or imprisoning; imprisonment.

In surgery, obstinate constriction, as of a hernia, or retention, as of the placenta in childbirth; strangulation, as in hernia.

The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.

Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia.

A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.