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A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine.

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  1. n. A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine.
  2. v. t. To put in a vial or vials.
  3. n. a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
  4. A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine. [Written also phial.] Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor thou off. Shak. To put in a vial or vials. "Precious vialed liquors." Milton.
  5. A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with anarrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial ofmedicine. [Written also phial.]Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquorthou off. Shak.
  6. n:100 n a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)