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incarcerate (verb), incarcerates; incarcerated; incarcerating
1. To lock up or to confine in a prison or jail: The police plan to incarcerate the drunken man overnight to prevent any conflicts on the street.
2. To imprison; to enclose; to constrict closely; such as, in a prison: The film, "Birdman of Alcatraz", is the story of a man who was incarcerated for many decades.
3. Etymology: from Medieval Latin incarceratus, incarcerare, "to imprison"; from Latin in, "in" + carcer, "a prison"; meaning "to put behind lines or bars".
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2. To imprison; to enclose; to constrict closely; such as, in a prison: The film, "Birdman of Alcatraz", is the story of a man who was incarcerated for many decades.
3. Etymology: from Medieval Latin incarceratus, incarcerare, "to imprison"; from Latin in, "in" + carcer, "a prison"; meaning "to put behind lines or bars".
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carcer-, carcera-
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incarcerated (adjective)
Descriptive of being imprisoned.
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carcer-, carcera-
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“incarcerated”
1. A hernia which results in the entrapment of tissue or viscera into the hernia sac.
2. A hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced.
2. A hernia in which the constriction can not be easily reduced.
incarcerated placenta, retained placenta (s) (noun), incarcerated placentas, retained placentas (pl)
The incomplete separation of the placenta and its failure to be expelled at the usual time after the delivery of a child.
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carcer-, carcera-
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placento-, placent-, placenta-
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“incarcerated”
To put in a jail or into a prison; to imprison. (3)
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