Definitions for vialˈvaɪ əl, vaɪl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
vi•alˈvaɪ əl, vaɪl(n.; v.)-aled, -al•ing; -alled, -al•ling.
Ref: Also, phial.
(v.t.)to put into or keep in a vial.
Origin of vial:
1300–50; ME viole, var. of fiolephial
Princeton's WordNet
phial, vial, ampule, ampul, ampoule(noun)
a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
Wiktionary
vial(Noun)
A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle used to store medicine or perfume.
vial(Verb)
To put or keep in, or as in, a vial.
Origin: viole, fiole, fiole. From word φιάλη. See also phial.
Webster Dictionary
Vial(noun)
a small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine
Vial(verb)
to put in a vial or vials
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