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vial

a small container used for liquids: The biology student held up a vial of swamp water.
Not to be confused with:
vile – disgusting; loathsome; depraved: He’s a vile man with a cruel streak.
viol – a stringed musical instrument: He was the finest viol player in the orchestra.
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vi·al

 (vī′əl, vīl)
n.
A small container, usually with a closure, used especially for liquids.
tr.v. vi·aled, vi·al·ing, vi·als or vi·alled or vi·al·ling
To put or keep in or as if in a vial.

[Middle English viole, variant of fiol; see phial.]
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vial

(ˈvaɪəl; vaɪl)
n
a less common variant of phial
[C14: fiole, from Old French, from Old Provençal fiola, from Latin phiala, from Greek phialē; see phial]
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vi•al

(ˈvaɪ əl, vaɪl)

n., v. -aled, -al•ing (esp. Brit.) -alled, -al•ling. n.
1. Also, phial. a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids.
v.t.
2. to put into or keep in a vial.
[1300–50; Middle English viole, variant of fiole phial]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.vial - a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)vial - a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
bottle - a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
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Translations

vial

[ˈvaɪəl] Nfrasquito m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

vial

[ˈvaɪl ˈvaɪəl] nfiole f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

vial

nFläschchen nt, → Gefäß nt
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vial

[ˈvaɪəl] nfiala
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

vi·al

n. frasco, ampolleta.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

vial

n frasco, vial m
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.