: a small closed or closable vessel especially for liquids
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Only a very small percentage of flu vaccine vials still contain it.—CBS News, 29 June 2025 The exceptions are multi-dose flu shot vials, though most flu shots now come in single-dose packaging that doesn’t contain the preservative.—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 26 June 2025 However, thimerosal is more common elsewhere in the world for various multi-dose vaccine vials, which are cheaper than the single-dose vials more commonly used in the US.—ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025 While it's used in some multi-dose vials in several products, there are no vaccines on the pediatric vaccine schedule that contain thimerosal.—Pien Huang, NPR, 26 June 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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