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

Words nearby med

meconium ileus, meconium peritonitis, meconopsis, mecopteran, mecopterous, med, médaillon, médaillons, medaka, medal, medalet

Definition for med (2 of 3)

med.

abbreviation

medical.

medicine.

medieval.

medium.

Definition for med (3 of 3)

M.Ed.

abbreviation

Master of Education.

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Others, such as “ED Med Shop,” focused specifically on one condition (in this case, erectile dysfunction).
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But many conventional doctors are also fed up and are jumping on the “alt med” bandwagon.
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On Monday, there was Dr. Tara Margarella a trauma resident turned plastic surgeon who was once featured on the show New York Med.
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The jurors were thus dually protected when the government called a former figure from New York Med to the stand on Monday.
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War on the high seas of the Eastern Med is not inevitable, of course.
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When dey wanted med'cine dey went t' de woods an' gathahed hoahhound, slipperelm foah poltices an' all kinds ba'k foah teas.
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So I 'pathed my way through med by reading the minds of my fellows, who were all good espers.
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One time I took him to Greenock, and he couldn't stop wonderin' what med all the houses come together.
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According to the records, there's been no Med Ship inspection here for twelve standard years.
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This is the first Med Ship visit in twelve standard years, I believe, which is inexcusable.
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British Dictionary definitions for med (1 of 3)

MEd

abbreviation for

Master of Education

British Dictionary definitions for med (2 of 3)

Med

/ (mɛd) /

noun

the Med informal the Mediterranean region

British Dictionary definitions for med (3 of 3)

med.

abbreviation for

medical

medicine

medium

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Medical definitions for med

med

[ mĕd ]

adj.

Medical. Used informally.

n.

A medication. Used informally, often in the plural.

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