vial
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- noun
- /ˈvaɪəl/
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- The pharmacist handed me a vial filled with liquid medicine for my allergy.
- mL vial
- cryogenic vial
- vial of insulin
So she sent us a vial of spit and it's gone.
- So she sent us a vial of spit and it's gone.
- Get someone on your staff to here's a little vial of liquid anaesthetic.
- He was caught with all these vials of adrenochrone blood.
- If it decays, the trigger breaks the vial of poison, which kills the cat.
- His bag of antidote vials shatters.
- You set up a tent and you take a little vial and a needle, like how hard is it?
- I look at the vial, it literally says canine coronavirus vaccine.
Examples
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Here's the cure for cancer in this vial over here.
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Paddy went back to the second room and returned with a vial of the brown cow medicine.
Fiction book (1992) -
So take the vial that says tea.
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Hand over the vial now!
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And leave that vial of water or whatever that stuff is at home tomorrow.
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So this is what we call the vial storage facility.
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So she sent us a vial of spit and it's gone.
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We have a vial of what is labeled as salt water.
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Hull picks up a vial, holds it up to the blonde woman with a question.
Fiction book (1992) -
Is one vial enough?
Synonyms
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3.2
A container that holds liquids like a bowl or cup
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7.7
A small sealed glass container that holds liquid medicine for injection
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A small bottle for holding medicine or a sample
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Etymology
Vial comes from an old Greek word phiale that meant 'bowl'. Think of a tiny 'bowl' for liquid, and that's why a vial is a small glass container for medicine.