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  • noun Plural form of vial.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vial.

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Examples

  • In order to use Avastin as an eye treatment it must be re-packed in smaller vials, which is typically done by compounding pharmacies.

    NIH Starts Trials Comparing 2008

  • In the lawsuit, the Quaids call the vials of Heparin “unreasonably dangerous” because the 10 ml unit and the 10,000 ml unit both had background colors on the label in shades of blue.

    Dennis Quaid “G.I Joe” Movie: Dennis Quaid General Hawk “G.I Joe” Movie 2007

  • All these dangerous wares were distributed in unlabelled vials, and no witnesses had ever verified the transfer of the felonious knock-out drops.

    The Midnight Passenger : a novel Richard Savage 1874

  • His university has rules about the handling of potentially hazardous biological materials, such as vials of highly infectious and deadly bacteria, to protect their workers and their students.

    Archive 2003-11-01 2003

  • His university has rules about the handling of potentially hazardous biological materials, such as vials of highly infectious and deadly bacteria, to protect their workers and their students.

    Medpundit 2003

  • The temperature of the lehr can be scientifically tested and regulated, and this is very necessary, because the heavy glass intended for cutting can stand a greater heat than can ordinary hollow ware such as vials and table glass.

    The Story of Glass Sara Ware Bassett 1920

  • We also found that the highest number of such outbreaks were associated with the use of multi-vials, which is not unexpected ".

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009

  • We also found that the highest number of such outbreaks were associated with the use of multi-vials, which is not unexpected ".

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • When that golden era comes which the poets think is behind us, and the prophets declare is about to be ushered in by the opening of the "vials," and the killing of everybody who does not believe as those nations believe which have the most cannon; when we all live in real concord, -- perhaps the gentle-hearted deer will be respected, and will find that men are not more savage to the weak than are the cougars and panthers.

    In the Wilderness Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • When that golden era comes which the poets think is behind us, and the prophets declare is about to be ushered in by the opening of the "vials," and the killing of everybody who does not believe as those nations believe which have the most cannon; when we all live in real concord, -- perhaps the gentle-hearted deer will be respected, and will find that men are not more savage to the weak than are the cougars and panthers.

    The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

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