onlay

English

Etymology

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

Noun

onlay (countable and uncountable, plural onlays)

  1. (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:10.4293/JSLS.2015.00048:
      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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