| incarcerated | Confined; imprisoned; trapped. Origin: L. In, in, + carcero, pp. -atus, to imprison, fr. Carcer, prison (05 Mar 2000) |
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| incarcerated hernia | <surgery> A hernia which results in the entrapment of tissue or viscera into the hernia sac. (13 Nov 1997) |
| incarcerated placenta | Incomplete separation of the placenta and its failure to be expelled at the usual time after delivery of the child. Synonym: incarcerated placenta. (05 Mar 2000) |