onlay
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English onleien, onleggen (“to lay or place; impose; attack”). Equivalent to on- + lay.
Verb
onlay (third-person singular simple present onlays, present participle onlaying, simple past and past participle onlaid)
- (transitive, literary) To lay or place something on a surface.
Etymology 2
on- + lay.
Noun
onlay (countable and uncountable, plural onlays)
- (often attributive) A material placed such that it overlaps another.
- 2015, Evangelos P. Misiakos et al., “Current Trends in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair”, in JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, volume 19, DOI::
- Umbilical hernias in many centers are best managed with the use of polypropylene mesh placed in the onlay position or Ventralex-type mesh (Bard Davol) placed intraperitoneally in patients under local anesthesia in a day-surgery setting.
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Related terms
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Anagrams
- any ol', lay on