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microvial

microvial noun: a tiny vial.

Noun

microvial (plural microvials)

  1. A tiny vial.
    • Following examination genitalia were stored in fresh glycerin in a microvial pinned below the specimen.2016 February 18, “A New Fishfly Species (Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Neohermes Banks) Discovered from North America by a Systematic Revision, with Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Implications”, in PLOS...

Forms of microvial

pluralmicrovials

Origin of microvial

From micro- + vial.

Questions about microvial

What does microvial mean?
Microvial means a tiny vial.
What part of speech is microvial?
Microvial is a noun.
What is the plural of microvial?
The plural of microvial is microvials.

Words near microvial in the dictionary

  1. microvessel
  2. microvessels
  3. microvette
  4. microvettes
  5. microvia
  6. microvial
  7. microvials
  8. microvias
  9. microvibration
  10. microvibrations
  11. microvibratome

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