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squirt 1, verb (oh) and neuromodulin (medicine)


squirt 1, verb (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: From the sound of something being squirted]
[I and T] if you squirt liquid or if it squirts somewhere, it is forced out in a thin fast stream
-see also spray spray squirt out/from/into
::Water suddenly squirted out from a hole in the pipe.
squirt sth into/through sth
::Squirt some oil in the lock.
[T] to hit or cover someone or something with a thin fast stream of liquid
-see also spray spray squirt sb/sth with sth
::Mom! Chad's squirting me with the hose!
::Some kids squirted a water pistol in her face.

neuromodulin (medicine)


neuromodulin
<protein> Protein associated with actively growing axons, especially in the growth cone. Binds calmodulin, is phosphorylated by protein kinase C.