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Referring to a hernia which cannot be corrected by physical manipulation. Confined or constricted so as to be immovable: applied particularly to a type of hernia. Imprisoned, constricted, and confined of blood flow, as an irreducible hernia. Trapped, stuck, bound, unable to break free. The phrase is commonly used to refer to a hernia that…

Not able to act or work. Being made incapable of some function, act or strength. This may be purely physical or intellectual or both.  

Congenital, which is in the body from birth. Present at birth, either as a result of heredity or acquired during intrauterine life (e.g., certain developmental abnormalities). Innate or inherent, said of characteristics both structural and functional that are inherited or acquired during uterine development.  

A Latin phrase meaning ‘at the onset of death’.  

A lack of activity.  

Not being active, not moving. Not working.  

Physically difficult or impossible to reach. Very technical and difficult to understand.  

The act of getting better.  

To get better, or make something better.