microvial

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noun

A tiny vial.

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Meanings

nounmicrovial (plural microvials)

plural microvials

  1. A tiny vial.

    Following examination genitalia were stored in fresh glycerin in a microvial pinned below the specimen.

    2016 February 18, “A New Fishfly Species (Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Neohermes Banks) Discovered from North America by a Systematic Revision, with Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Implications”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From micro- + vial.

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APA

microvial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microvial

MLA

“microvial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microvial. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microvial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microvial.

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