(v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
(v. t.) To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon.
(v. t.) To put an overlay on.
(n.) A covering.
(n.) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
(imp.) of Overlie
Example Sentences:
(1) Plaque size, appearance, and number were influenced by diluent, incubation temperature after nutrient overlay, centrifugation of inoculated tissue cultures, and number of host cells planted initially in each flask.
(2) The adherence of the human respiratory pathogen, Bordetella pertussis, to purified glycosphingolipids was investigated using thin layer chromatography overlay assays.
(3) In vitro effect of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), Intraglobin F, on serum opsonic activity against Staphylococcus aureus was studied in 26 full term normal healthy neonates and 18 intrauterine growth retarded (IUGR) neonates by the polymorphonuclear leucocyte overlay method (requiring only a few drops of blood).
(4) Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) added to agar overlays during plaque assays of simian virus 40 (SV40) in CV1 monkey cells increases the plaque size and number and enables plaques to be read several days earlier than usual.
(5) The overlaying of earlier photos onto the present fundus also makes objective diagnosis of tumors, vessels, and other pathologically significant areas possible.
(6) Neutral red concentration in the agar overlay medium affected the number of plaques.
(7) Second, a domain of Drosophila alpha spectrin that includes two EF hand calcium-binding sequences bound 45Ca in blot overlay assays.
(8) These proteins were characterized with a virus overlay protein blot assay.
(9) By using an enzyme-linked assay, M8 and M18 were shown not to bind to MFGM glycolipid, whereas M3 and M24 did, and this was confirmed by overlaying thin layer chromatograms of MFGM lipids with these antibodies.
(10) Several bands were detected in each tissues using a 32P-RII overlay method.
(11) Overlaying the image are a few brusque swipes across the canvas, a gauzy smear of thin white paint, as if something had passed between us and the painting.
(12) No difference could be found between the numbers of mutans streptococci in plaque overlaying cavities and that from adjacent sound enamel.
(13) Inoculation of blood-agar by the push-block method and by use of concentrated mycoplasma cell suspensions was compared with the agar-overlay technique.
(14) Climbing fiber ablation by intraperitoneal injections of 3-acetylpyridine resulted in a selective depression of cerebellar CaM-PDE expression using Western immunoblot procedures; neither calcineurin (calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase) nor other calmodulin binding proteins, detected by biotinylated calmodulin overlays, were affected.
(15) In addition, on the basis of gel overlay techniques, it appears that the hypersensitive site is also the site at which calmodulin binds to the alpha-subunit in a calcium-dependent manner.
(16) A considerable intensification of the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex staining system (ABC) was obtained by sequentially overlaying the sections to be immunostained with an avidin-rich and a biotin-rich complex.
(17) To identify the molecule responsible for binding the virus to target cells, virus overlay protein blot assays were used to examine the molecular weights of cell surface molecules which bind purified virus.
(18) Preliminary results in the gel overlay assay show that other members of the intermediate filament family, nuclear lamins A-C, all bind the synthetic oligonucleotide containing the telomere repeat sequence of Oxytricha.
(19) The efficacy of the overlay technique for the direct detection of haemolytic colonies of Listeria from raw milk samples was related to agar selectivity.
(20) An isoelectric focusing-antigen overlay (IEF-O) technique showed that the target of one of the four cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal bands was herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 glycoprotein B, indicating a specific anti-HSV immunoresponse restricted to the CNS.
Overly
Definition:
(a.) Careless; negligent; inattentive; superfical; not thorough.
(a.) Excessive; too much.
(adv.) In an overly manner.
Example Sentences:
(1) Irradiation of the skin overlying the median nerve at the wrist in humans with a low power (1 mW; 632.5 nm) helium-neon laser produced a somatosensory evoked potential obtained at Erb's point.
(2) Moreover, the mucoid substances of the sensillum lymph are probably involved in water conservation, since sensilla are prone to water loss, because the overlying cuticle must be permeable to the chemical stimuli.
(3) These injections led to epidermal hyperplasia in areas overlying the irritant and the effect was most significant when the irritant was placed in the upper dermis.
(4) Eight of 47 LSNs overlying the posterior superior iliac spines (PSIS) were tender.
(5) We conclude that: (1) two of the previously proposed criteria for diagnosis of entrainment (fixed fusion on the surface electrocardiogram and a first postpacing interval equal to the paced cycle length) are overly restrictive criteria for definition of "entrainment" of VT, (2) analysis of endocardial recordings from the site of origin of tachycardia during attempted entrainment of VT is useful for documenting the presence of entrainment, and (3) such analysis provides a basis for the understanding of surface electrocardiographic phenomenon associated with entrainment.
(6) The rapidity of obtaining the results (within one hour), the complete absence of untoward reactions to the radiopharmaceuticals, the much lower frequency of subtle or indeterminate results, the ability to render useful information in the presence of moderate jaundice and the lack of interference from overlying intestinal contents establishes these radionuclide agents as superior to both radiographic oral and intravenous cholangiography in the investigation of the acute abdomen.
(7) Rather, the two participated in a clever spoof of the show’s overly serious and die-hard tone.
(8) At the former site the membrane overlying the bud showed an electron opaque thickening which imparted to the mature particle an asymmetrical appearance.
(9) An autopsy case of a 62-year-old woman with a poorly differentiated, aggressive form of adenoid squamous cell carcinoma arising in the skin overlying the right breast was studied.
(10) Porous polyethylene was thus better incorporated into the soft tissues than silicone rubber as long as the overlying soft tissues were not stressed by an oversized implant or inadequate soft tissue coverage.
(11) The interconnected central lacteals in the villi overlying the interfollicular area were connected with the lymphatic plexus in the area.
(12) The overally mortality in the first 24 hrs after the cardiac catheterisation for the first year of life was 1.83%.
(13) An overly bureaucratic approach to midwifery is not just letting mothers down – it's putting the whole profession under strain.
(14) In the latter case, the movement of lectin-receptor complexes occurs from membrane overlying peripheral microtubules into filament-rich pseudopods that exclude microtubules.
(15) Four grades of pressure can be recognized on the basis of pathophysiology of soft tissue breakdown overlying bony prominences.
(16) Sebum excretion rate measurements overlying an open comedone (blackhead) were significantly lower than those obtained from normal skin.
(17) It occurred when granular pneumocytes re-epithelialized along the luminal surface of intra-alveolar debris overlying denuded alveolar epithelial basal laminae.
(18) An antepartum diagnosis of vasa previa was considered in a patient in whom ultrasound revealed pulsatile loops of cord overlying the cervical os.
(19) A high proportion of these sebaceous tumors (69%) exhibited specifically-associated hyperplasia of the overlying epidermis.
(20) Histochemical methods disclose that the enzyme is originally located at the tip of the head but subsequently remains with the surface overlying the mitochondrion during translocation.