phial Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
    vial; ampul; ampoule; ampule.

WordNet

Phi"al noun
Etymology
F. fiole, L. phiala a broad, flat, shallow cup or bowl, Gr. . cf. Vial.
Definitions
  1. A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; a vial.
Phi"al transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Phialed ; present participle & verbal noun Phialing
Definitions
  1. To put or keep in, or as in, a phial.
    Its phial'd wrath may fate exhaust. Shenstone.

Webster 1913