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n.
A small container, usually with a closure, used especially for liquids.

tr.v., -aled, or -alled, -al·ing, or -al·ling, -als, or -als.
To put or keep in or as if in a vial.

[Middle English viole, variant of fiol. See phial.]


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IN BRIEF: A small bottle-like container.

pronunciation We kept the gold flakes that we panned in a small glass vial.

Tutor's tip: Another word that sounds like vial which is a kind of small bottle, is vile which means very evil.

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Two empty vials shaped like small bottles, with rubber stoppers and a metal cap.

A vial (also phial) is a relatively small glass vessel or bottle, especially used to store medication as liquids, powders or in other forms like capsules. They can also be sample vessels e.g. for use in autosampler devices in analytical chromatography.[1]

The glass can be colourless or coloured, clear or amber. There are different types of closure systems, e.g. Screw vials (closed with screw cap or dropper/pipette), Lip vials (closed with cork or plastic stopper), Crimp vials (closed with a rubber stopper and a metal cap).[2] A vial can have a tubular shape or a bottle-like shape with a neck. The volume defined by the neck is called the "headspace". The bottom is usually flat unlike test tubes which have usually a rounded bottom. Modern vials can be made of plastic (e.g. polypropylene). These can have other closure systems like a flip-top/snap cap.

Etymology

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The words "vial"/"phial" come from the Greek word "phiale"[3] meaning "a broad flat container".[4] Latin: "phiala", Late Latin: "fiola", Middle English: "fiole" and "viole".

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  1. ^ "Autosampler vials" (Web). http://ersahiljain.trustpass.alibaba.com. http://ersahiljain.trustpass.alibaba.com/product/11943172/Auto_Sampler_Vials.html. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  2. ^ "Cappers" (Web). www.pharmaceuticalonline.com. http://www.pharmaceuticalonline.com/Content/ProductShowcase/product.asp?DocID=df38a02b-06ab-4215-88dc-552ccca2bd6b&VNETCOOKIE=NO. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  3. ^ "Vial at Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary" (Web). www.m-w.com. http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/vial. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  4. ^ "Phiale" (Web). http://ancienthistory.about.com. http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/grecoromanmyth1/g/phiale.htm. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lille medicinflaske
v. tr. - opbevare i, eller som i, en lille flaske

Nederlands (Dutch)
reageerbuis, buisje

Français (French)
n. - (Pharm) ampoule, (gén) fiole (littér)
v. tr. - mettre/conserver dans une fiole

Deutsch (German)
n. - Röhrchen
v. - in Flaschen abfüllen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπουκαλάκι, φιαλίδιο

Italiano (Italian)
fiala

Português (Portuguese)
n. - frasco (m)

Русский (Russian)
пузырек, пробирка, кубок

Español (Spanish)
n. - frasco
v. tr. - poner en frascos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ampull, liten flaska

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小瓶, 玻璃罐, 装入小瓶

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小瓶, 玻璃罐
v. tr. - 裝入小瓶

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 유리로 된 작은 병, 물약 병
v. tr. - ~을 유리병에 넣다, ~을 유리병에 넣어 보존하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ガラス瓶, 水薬瓶
v. - ガラス瓶に入れる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قارورة, زجاجه او قنينه صغيرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בקבוקון, צלוחית‬
v. tr. - ‮הכניס לבקבוקון או שמר בתוכו‬

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