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How to pronounce phial in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ampoule, ampul, ampule, vial
Type of bottle

Examples of phial

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This fractures a phial of catalyst, triggering the light-producing reaction.
From the newscientist.com
In that small phial I had handed over to the girl at the counter, I had seen my entire future.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Sam did so by using the phial of Galadriel, which overcame their will and allowed him to pass.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Not even with Jeffrey Archer's imagination and a phial of mescaline at hand could you make that one up.
From the independent.co.uk
It was lucky, in retrospect, that there was only a knife to hand, and not a phial of anthrax or nerve gas.
From the economist.com
If an atom does indeed disintegrate, the Geiger counter is triggered, releasing the hammer which smashes the phial.
From the fredbortz.scienceblog.com
The interior is contemporary and fashionable, and contains a small table on which rests a mirror, phial, and book.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The phial is shaken gently.
From the hecklerspray.com
And, of course, Schrodinger, whatever his alleged faults, absolutely never, ever, shut a cat up in a box with a phial of poison.
From the newscientist.com
More examples
  • A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
  • A vial (also phial) is a relatively small glass vessel or bottle, especially used to store medication as liquids, powders or in other forms like capsules. They can also be sample vessels e.g. for use in autosampler devices in analytical chromatography.
  • A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; To put or keep in, or as in, a phial
  • Term sometimes used to denote the sensing element on a thermostatic expansion valve.
  • A small glass bottle used for ointments, medicines, and perfumes.