Sealed glass bulb

• A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
• Small vial
• Dropper container (var.)
• Glass medicine vial (var.)
• Glass vial (Var.)
• Glass medicine container

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sealed container holding a dose of medicine, 1907, from French ampul (1886), from Latin ampulla (see ampoule ). A modern borrowing of the word represented by Middle English ampoule .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle) [syn: phial , vial , ampule , ampoule ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of ampoule English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ampul \Am"pul\, n. [AS. ampella, ampolla, L. ampulla: cf. OF. ampolle, F. ampoule.] Same as Ampulla, 2. same as ampule .