Other forms: phials
A phial is a small glass bottle. A phial of liquid, seal the phial, a tiny phial.
It is the British spelling of vial and is the older of the two, though vial is now commoner everywhere. The word belongs to laboratories, pharmacies and to the stage props of every historical drama.
1nounphialA small glass bottle.
“The nurse drew the medicine out of the phial with a needle.”
phial is a bottle.
Greek phiale means a shallow bowl, reaching English through Latin and French; vial is the same word.
The noun is derived partly:
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA