VIAL

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


Proper noun

Vial (plural Vials)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Vial is the 27277th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 886 individuals. Vial is most common among White (87.13%) individuals.

Anagrams

• LAIV, VALI, Vail, Vali, Vila, vail, vali, vila

Etymology

Noun

vial (plural vials)

A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemical.

Synonyms

• (glass vessel): ampoule, phial, test tube, vacutainer

Verb

vial (third-person singular simple present vials, present participle (US) vialing or vialling, simple past and past participle (US) vialed or vialled)

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

Anagrams

• LAIV, VALI, Vail, Vali, Vila, vail, vali, vila

Source: Wiktionary


Vi"al, n. Etym: [OE. viole, fiole, F. fiole. See Phial.]

Definition: 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. [Written also phial.] Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor thou off. Shak.

Vi"al, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vialed or Vialled; p. pr. & vb. n. Vialing or Vialling.]

Definition: To put in a vial or vials. "Precious vialed liquors." Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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