vial
A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to…A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
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» Jekyll ran out of vials of his serum.
soweli_Wasona · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesA glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
Phiole
буты́лочкаbutýločka, пузырёкpuzyrjók, флако́нflakón
флако́нflakón, пля́шечкаpljášečka
- a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
Examples
4 sentencesJekyll ran out of vials of his serum.
Tom pulled out a vial of LSD.
deTom zückte ein Fläschchen mit LSD. — Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dmitri handed Rima another vial.
Dmitri gave Rima a vial.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English vial, viole, a variant of fiole, phiole, phial (“small bowl or cup forFrom Middle English vial, viole, a variant of fiole, phiole, phial (“small bowl or cup for liquids, etc.; flask”) [and other forms]: see further at phial. Doublet of phiale.
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Forms
plural: vialsSynonyms
10 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsSee also
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