Medical term for the trapping or constriction of a hernia or organ, leading to impaired blood flow. Used in clinical contexts.
An incarcerated hernia may require emergency surgery.
Incarceration was suspected as the cause of the intestinal obstruction.
A Sino-Japanese medical term composed of 嵌 (かん, 'fit into, get stuck') and 頓 (とん, 'suddenly, at once'), referring to the sudden trapping of tissue. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.