About The Word Phial
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Phial
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What's The Definition Of Phial?
[n] a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Phial: ampoule | ampul | ampule | vial Related Terms | Find terms related to Phial: See Also | bottle Phial In Webster's Dictionary \Ley"den phi"al\ (f[imac]"al).(Elec.)
A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is
coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top,
and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the
inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with
electricity. It is so named from having been invented in
Leyden, Holland.
\Phi"al\, n. [F. fiole, L. phiala a broad, flat, shallow cup or bowl, Gr. ?. cf. {Vial}.] A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; a vial. \Phi"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Phialed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Phialing}.] To put or keep in, or as in, a phial. Its phial'd wrath may fate exhaust. --Shenstone. |
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