vial

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)

Etymology

From Middle English vial, viole, a variant of fiole, phiole, phial (“small bowl or cup for liquids, etc.; flask”) [and other forms]: see further at phial. Doublet of phiale.

In classic literature

Synonyms

phial, ampule, ampul, ampoule

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