Medical Dictionary

overlie

vt over·lie \ˌō-vər-ˈlī\
over·lay \-ˈlā\ over·lain \-ˈlān\ over·ly·ing \-ˈlī-iŋ\

Medical Definition of OVERLIE

:  to cause the death of by lying upon

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