: a small closed or closable vessel especially for liquids
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The program offers all doses in vial and injector pen forms and sends them directly to your home.—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 25 Apr. 2025 These off-brand copies are sold at a steep discount—sometimes under $100 a vial—compared to the name-brand medications, which can be over $1,000 a month without insurance.—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2025 Capital injection An employee holds a vial containing the active ingredient of the product Elevidys for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy at the Roche Diagnostics GmbH plant.—Sara Salinas, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2025 Bassett’s Athena went to deliver a vial of anti-viral to Nash’s team, one of whom, Chimney (Kenneth Choi), had gotten infected.—Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vial
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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