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suprarenal plexus (medicine) and scare (iou)


suprarenal plexus (medicine)


suprarenal plexus


An autonomic plexus formed mainly by branches from the coeliac ganglion, lying at the hilus of the suprarenal gland.

Synonym: plexus suprarenalis.


scare (iou)



scare verb. ME.
[Old Norse skirra frighten, (also) avoid, prevent, refl. shrink from, from skjarr shy, timid.]
verb trans.
a. Frighten, make fearful or afraid. ME.
A. F. Douglas-Home The curtained..four-poster beds had..scared them.
b. Frighten away, drive off. Usu. with away, off, etc. LME.
D. W. Jerrold A chap, with rags on him, not fit to scare birds. Aldous Huxley Flapping his hands at her as though..to scare away some..dangerous animal.
verb intrans. Take fright; be alarmed (at). obsolete exc. Scot. dial. LME.
verb intrans. Be fearful or prone to fear; become frightened, esp. by unsubstantiated rumour etc. E20.
G. Greene He scares easily..any sound..and he's off.
Phrases, & with adverbs in specialized senses: scare out = scare up (a) below. scare rigid: see RIGID adjective. scare stiff: see STIFF adjective. scare the lights out of, scare the liver and lights out of: see LIGHTS. scare the living daylights out of: see DAYLIGHT. scare the PANTS off. scare the shit out of: see SHIT noun. scare up (chiefly N. Amer.) (a) frighten (game) out of cover; (b) colloq. bring to light, discover; procure, rustle up.
Comb.: scare-babe (now rare or obsolete) something to frighten children, a bugbear, a bogey; scare-quotes quotation marks placed round a word or phrase to draw attention to an unusual or arguably inaccurate use.
scarer noun a person who or thing which scares someone or something; spec. (more fully
bird-scarer) a person or thing, Other than a scarecrow, for scaring birds from crops etc.: M18.