vial
Example Sentences
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"With this drill I carefully remove small amounts of powder. I store that powder in a plastic vial and transport it back to our lab at the University of Michigan for isotopic analysis."
From Science Daily
It shoots lasers at atoms of rubidium, a soft, silvery-white metal, that are held in a gaseous form in a small glass vial.
They had one vial of sperm left from their donor.
He then explained how beauticians could use a genuine patient's prescription to order extra vials and keep the spare doses for other paying clients.
From BBC
We opened the unlabelled white envelope and found needles, mixing agents and a vial of unlabelled white powder.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
