1 Used often in training hospitals by junior residents and health pupils to spell it out mindless and thankless errands, such chasing after down radiology reports, attracting bloodstream, and keeping on hold with general public health -- such a thing that is heavy from the service and light in the education.Apparently based on scutwork, indicating ...
verb. emphasize; mark. 1  accentuate. 2  bracket. 3  call attention to. 4  caption. 5  check off. 6  draw attention to. 7  feature. 8  give emphasis. 9  highlight. 10  indicate. 11  interlineate. 12  italicize. 13  play up. 14  point to. 15  point up. 16  rule. 17  stress. 18  underscore.
Diverting attention away from an item of significance. For example, in mystery fiction, an innocent party may be purposefully cast as highly suspicious through emphasis or descriptive techniques to divert attention from the true guilty party.