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med

[ med ]
/ mɛd /
Informal.
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adjective
medical: med school.
noun
Often meds. a medication; medicine: Have you taken your meds?
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Origin of med

First recorded in 1890–95; by shortening

Other definitions for med (2 of 3)

med.
abbreviation
medical.
medicine.
medieval.
medium.

Other definitions for med (3 of 3)

M.Ed.
abbreviation
Master of Education.
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How to use med in a sentence

  • My doubts are now lessened, thanks to a kind communication from M. Ed.

    Origin of Cultivated Plants|Alphonse De Candolle

  • Their names and the titles of some of their works will be found in the first catalogue of M. Ed.

    Picture Posters|Charles Hiatt

  • The last current ordinary stamps of Belgium were in four designs by M. Ed.

    The Postage Stamp in War|Fred. J. Melville

British Dictionary definitions for med (1 of 3)

Med
/ (mɛd) /
noun
the Med informal the Mediterranean region

British Dictionary definitions for med (2 of 3)

MEd
abbreviation for
Master of Education

British Dictionary definitions for med (3 of 3)

med.
abbreviation for
medical
medicine
medium
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