PHIAL

phial, vial, ampule, ampul, ampoule

(noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

phial (plural phials)

A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines.

Synonyms

• vial

Coordinate terms

• test tube

Verb

phial (third-person singular simple present phials, present participle (US) phialing or phialling, simple past and past participle (US) phialed or phialled)

(transitive) To put or keep in, or as in, a phial.

Anagrams

• Phila.

Source: Wiktionary


Phi"al, n. Etym: [F. fiole, L. phiala a broad, flat, shallow cup or bowl, Gr. Vial.]

Definition: A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; a vial.

Phi"al, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Phialed; p. pr. & vb. n. Phialing.]

Definition: To put or keep in, or as in, a phial. Its phial'd wrath may fate exhaust. Shenstone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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