(n.) One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those who do.
(n.) A lay figure. See under Lay, n. (above).
Example Sentences:
(1) With the aid of 25 medical terms familiar to a layman, basic medical knowledge of the patient was tested.
(2) When he went on to begin a sentence with the words, "In my layman's understanding ... " Nel pounced and said: "You see, Mr Dixon, now you call yourself a layman."
(3) Quantum pioneer: Paul Dirac Moreover, there is a feeling, hard to convey to the layman but shared by many experienced theorists, that these ideas all hang together.
(4) An article written for the layman presents information on oral contraception, the IUD, the vaginal diaphragm, the condom, and foam.
(5) To some extent, a real effort must be made to educate the professional as well as the layman to face the diagnosis of cancer without evasion and go forward from there.
(6) Only in one-quarter was it very conspicuous even to the layman.
(7) If nothing else, this layman's take on society's ills reminds us that politics is not theirs – it's ours.
(8) The study of Lichtenstein, Slovic, Fischhoff, Layman, and Combs reports several types of errors in subjects' frequency judgments of lethal events.
(9) Being a layman, all I had to go by was the height – between four and a half and five feet tall.
(10) For the novice and layman such a question opens usually Pandora's box of reply.
(11) A knowledge of the layman's illness concepts is of value both for diagnosis and therapy in the practical application of the medical services.
(12) Even a layman can tell what made Albert Einstein famous as a scientist.
(13) To investigate the layman's knowledge, perception and attitudes regarding normal body temperature, fever, infections and the effect of penicillin on virus infections a representative sample of the Norwegian population (619 women and 592 men over the age of 15) was interviewed in 1988 as part of a monthly national opinion poll.
(14) A 31-year-old male has been "bulls-eyed" by a car and we're in the air ambulance, flying out from the Royal London hospital to a suburban street, where the man lies in a twisted, bloodied heap with his feet pointing in what even a layman would identify as the wrong direction.
(15) Photograph: Getty The layman's term for this sort of offer is: a joke.
(16) In addition, they were questioned about therapeutic wishes if primary resuscitation with ventilation and cardiac massage were administered by a layman.
(17) The surgeon uses elementary mathematics just as much as any other educated layman.
(18) The imminent availability of inexpensive ultrasonic scanners for the layman is a worrying prospect to which the medical profession should now try to develop a prudent response.
(19) In order for a patient to give an informed consent for a procedure, he or she needs to understand the risks, benefits and consequences of the procedure explained in layman's terms.
(20) He later added: "As a layman I would now say I think we have it" – meaning the Higgs.