vial
n.
small bottle or flask (especially for holding medicine)
Vial
A vial (also phial) is a relatively small
glass vessel or
bottle, especially used to store
medication as liquids, powders or in other forms like
capsules. They can also be sample vessels e.g. for use in autosampler devices in analytical
chromatography. The glass can be colourless or coloured, clear or amber. There are different types of closure systems, e.g. Screw vials (closed with screw cap or dropper/
pipette), Lip vials (closed with cork or plastic
stopper), Crimp vials (closed with a rubber stopper and a metal cap). A vial can have a tubular shape or a bottle-like shape with a neck. The bottom is usually flat unlike
test tubes which have usually a rounded bottom. Modern vials can be made of plastic (e.g.
polypropylene). These can have other closure systems like a flip-top/snap cap.
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vial
Noun
1. a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
(synonym) phial, ampule, ampul, ampoule
(hypernym) bottle
vial
n.
vial, small bottle or flask (especially for holding medicine); street, public thoroughfare
adj.
traffic
Vial
(v. t.)
To put in a vial or vials.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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