: a small closed or closable vessel especially for liquids
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThen a precise amount of a saline solution must be mixed into the vial to reconstitute it. Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2020 Patients must swab their noses, swirl the sample into a vial, and then wait up to 30 minutes to see the results.Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020 Introduced at the 2022 Art Basel fair in Basel, Switzerland, the serum is housed in an artistic cobalt blue glass vial that stands out from the rest of the Skin Caviar collection. Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Aug. 2022 The ingredients haven’t changed in decades, and estimates of the cost of production are between $3 and $5 a vial. Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 9 Aug. 2022 Once a vial has been punctured, its contents must be used or discarded within 12 hours.BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2022 Under the emergency declaration, federal officials are considering a vaccine strategy that would stretch vaccine supply by giving up to five doses from every vial, rather than a single dose now. Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Aug. 2022 Once a vial is opened, all doses must be used or discarded within 12 hours. Timothy Pratt, ajc, 15 July 2022 The same vial is used for booster doses for adults 18 years of age and older. Jen Christensen, CNN, 23 June 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English fiole, viole, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin fiola, alteration of Latin phiala — more at phial