: a small closed or closable vessel especially for liquids
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Sangha charged $160 per vial, with Fleming hiking the price up to $220 per vial, according to paperwork in the case.—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025 That’s just an insane concentration of capital to build infrastructure for what could end up being just another vial of Silicon Valley snake oil.—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025 One round of horse incubation can produce 2,000 vials of scorpion anti-venom or 200 vials of African snake anti-venom.—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025 There's also a hole for a lanyard or keyring, along with two slots for optional vials of glow-in-the-dark tritium.—New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vial
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Etymology
Middle English fiole, viole, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin fiola, alteration of Latin phiala — more at phial
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