: a small closed or closable vessel especially for liquids
Examples of vial in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe hours and vials, so many things sealed, opened and tested.—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023 The ‘Wild West’ of ketamine prescribing While the science behind ketamine is murky, the business model is clear: Physicians can purchase ketamine for less than $100 a vial and charge $500 to $1,500 per infusion.—Matthew Perrone, Fortune Well, 7 Nov. 2023 Zhu’s lab in Reedley first raised eyebrows in 2022, when a local code enforcement officer discovered it was stocked with vials of blood, jars of urine and about 1,000 white mice living in sullied containers.—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023 But children require smaller vials of the vaccine than adults.—Marley Jay, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2023 Hundreds of unmarked hypodermic needles spilled out of the surf that afternoon, accompanied by vials and prescription bottles, along a 50-mile stretch of New Jersey beaches during peak tourist season.—Jeremy Greene, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2023 The resulting genetic material is kept in two vials in her studio, as well as in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany.—Evan Moffitt Daniel Terna, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023 Disinfect the stoppers of both vials with alcohol prep pads.—The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023 The star’s sperm cells were quickly scooped up via glass pipettes, deposited into individual vials and transferred to the aquarium’s lab where they were cryogenically frozen.—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2023 See More
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English fiole, viole, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin fiola, alteration of Latin phiala — more at phial
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