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• med
  med

  adjective

  medical.
• med.
  med.

  abbreviation

  medical.
• M.Ed.
  M.Ed.

  abbreviation

  Master of Education.
• MEd
  MEd

  abbreviation

  Master of Education
• Med
  Med

  noun

  the Mediterranean region

med

¹ American  

[med] / mɛd /

adjective

1. medical.

   med school.

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noun

1. Often meds. a medication; medicine.

   Have you taken your meds?

med. ² American  

abbreviation

1. medical.

2. medicine.

3. medieval.

4. medium.

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M.Ed. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Master of Education.

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med. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. medical

2. medicine

3. medium

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MEd ² British  

abbreviation

1. Master of Education

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Med ³ British  

/ mɛd /

noun

1. informal the Mediterranean region

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Etymology

Origin of med

First recorded in 1890–95; by shortening

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

med med. M.Ed. Med

Sometimes boring businesses are the most lucrative, something I learned from De Leon’s bets on med spas and real estate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

They prefer biopharma and med tech/life science-tools stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Call it the med spa from hell with a killer targeted marketing campaign.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

"I've finished my bachelor's, master's, med school, and a PhD by the time they hard-launched their relationship," wrote one.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025

I shake my head, a smile slipping onto my lips as I put the note back down and walk over to the actual med cart.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

London, 1845; reprinted in 1850 in med. 8vo.

From Notes and Queries, Number 210, November 5, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

Why do you think the women on this expedition outnumbered the men seven to five, and why do you think there were so many obstetricians and pediatricians in the med. staff?

From Genesis by H. Beam Piper

Cr. 8vo, cl., 3s. 6d. net; Popular Edition, med. 8vo. 9d. net.

From A History of the United States by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

It is difficult, indeed, to banish the idea that the consultation-room of Arthur Schnitzler, Dr. med., is the confessional which furnishes material to Arthur Schnitzler, author.

From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various

I. and II. of this autobiography now ready, in cloth, 13s. each, med. 8vo.

From Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church by John Ruskin

I earned my M.Ed. in Instructional Technology with a focus on becoming a school librarian in 2001.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2023

M.Ed., is a Harvard College administrator who blogs at .

From Time ● Jun. 5, 2012

A project on that site backed by Club Med was abandoned in 2009 due to the unresolved ownership issues.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

“The shark nets, to be honest, in my opinion it’s pointless,” said Rob Renald, 41, who works in oil and gas, and lives about a mile from the Club Med beach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Med spas all over Los Angeles now offer what they call salmon DNA facials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025

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

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025

“I built an app for chronic illnesses. Med charts, schedules.”

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott