onlay meaning (literary): definition, etymology and quotations

onlay

verb

Etymology From Middle English onleien, onleggen (“to lay or place; impose; attack”). Equivalent to on- + lay.

Literary To lay or place something on a surface.

noun

Etymology From on- + lay.

Often A material placed such that it overlaps another.

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.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:

Dentistry, Medicine, Sciences A restoration that covers one or more cusps of a tooth.