enclavement

English

Etymology

French

Noun

enclavement (plural enclavements)

1. An enclave.
2. The state of being an enclave, or the act of making an enclave.
3. (medicine) Retention due to a constriction; impaction, as of the head in the pelvic strait.

Related terms

• enclavation

References

• “enclavement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

enclavement m (plural enclavements)

1. enclavement

Related terms

• enclaver

Further reading

• “enclavement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.