Etymology

vial

vi·al
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Today it means: A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals. Full definition →

Middle English vial
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromvial
  2. English todayvial

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.

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