: a small closed or closable vessel especially for liquids
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Two years after that, the couple purchased more vials of Long’s semen and Share’s wife gave birth to their second daughter, Soren, in 2007.—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026 Authorities discovered 113 vials, with some testing positive for deactivated monkeypox virus.—Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 3 June 2026 The charge price per vial of CroFab anti-venom is $11,000 to $14,000, and the initial dose is typically four to six vials, WakeMed senior marketing specialist Kristin Kelly wrote in an email, noting out-of-pocket costs can vary greatly.—Eva Flowe
june 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 June 2026 On my desk is a plastic vial filled with thousands of grains of sand from Omaha Beach in France, the site of D-Day, June 6, 1944.—Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026 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