med

¹

[med]

adjective

1. medical.

   med school.

noun

1. Often meds. a medication; medicine.

   Have you taken your meds?

med.

²

abbreviation

1. medical.

2. medicine.

3. medieval.

4. medium.

M.Ed.

³

abbreviation

1. Master of Education.

med.

¹

abbreviation

1. medical

2. medicine

3. medium

MEd

²

abbreviation

1. Master of Education

Med

³

/ mɛd /

noun

1. informal,  the Mediterranean region

Word History and Origins

Origin of med.¹

First recorded in 1890–95; by shortening

Example Sentences

The explosion was so large that med students inside the hospital were among those killed.

From Slate

“Imagine a study group when she was in med school and she’s 14 or 15 years old. No one’s going to want to hang out with her. She becomes like a mascot to them. Her thing is to overcome that mascot image and become a person unto herself.”

From Los Angeles Times

The popular genre has seen dozens of shows from “Dr. Kildare” and “Ben Casey” in the 1960s to “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Chicago Med” in the 2000s.

From Los Angeles Times

While it’s his first Emmy nomination since 1999, it’s the actor’s sixth Emmy nomination for playing a doctor — the previous five were for his supporting role as the med student-turned-hospital veteran on “ER.”

From Los Angeles Times

Sea temperatures of 30C or above are not unprecedented in the Med in late summer.

From BBC