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vial

vial

101 4.0
A small glass container that holds medicine or liquid for injection
  • noun
  • /ˈvaɪəl/
translation icon : ampolla
  • 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.

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Examples

  • Here's the cure for cancer in this vial over here.

  • 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.

  • Hand over the vial now!

  • And leave that vial of water or whatever that stuff is at home tomorrow.

  • So this is what we call the vial storage facility.

  • So she sent us a vial of spit and it's gone.

  • We have a vial of what is labeled as salt water.

  • Hull picks up a vial, holds it up to the blonde woman with a question.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Is one vial enough?

Synonyms

vessel
vsvial
57 3.2

A container that holds liquids like a bowl or cup

is a small glass medicine container mainly for injection use
ampule
vsvial
  • Specialized
3 7.7

A small sealed glass container that holds liquid medicine for injection

is a small medicine container but not always sealed or sterile
phial
vsvial
1 9.3

A small bottle for holding medicine or a sample

is mainly used to hold medicines for injection rather than general storage

How Big

barrel
164 1.0
jar
207 1.0
bottle
1.0
vial
101 4.0
ampule
  • Specialized
3 7.7

Surface Forms

vial singular
vials plural

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.