med

[med]Informal.

adjective

medical: med school.

noun

Often meds. a medication; medicine: Have you taken your meds?

Origin of med

First recorded in 1890–95; by shortening

med.

M.Ed.

Master of Education.

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Examples from the Web for med

Contemporary Examples

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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Michael Daly
March 12, 2014
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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Michael Daly
March 12, 2014
Army vet Jacob Siegel on what unites a Congresswoman, businessman, med student, and martial artist.
The Latest Greatest Generation
Jacob Siegel
October 10, 2013
If you're good enough at school to get into med school, it probably doesn't make financial sense to go.
The Future of the MD
Megan McArdle
January 23, 2013
Chen graduated from med school Monday, the same day Zuckerberg turned 28.
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May 21, 2012

Historical Examples

Then stillness, and solidity, and the blackness of the Pit outside the Med Ship.
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Murray Leinster
Then, for a long while, there was no sound or movement in the Med Ship.
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Murray Leinster
But it's not only a Med Service obligation, it's a current mess!
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Murray Leinster
The ground-car was enclosed, with room for a driver and the three from the Med Ship.
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Murray Leinster
Minutes later he stepped down to the ground from the Med Ship's exit-port.
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British Dictionary definitions for med

Med

noun

the Med informal the Mediterranean region

MEd

abbreviation for

Master of Education

med.

abbreviation for

medical
medicine
medium

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Word Origin and History for med

n.

colloquial abbreviation of medicine, 1942. With a capital M and short for Mediterranean, by 1948.

med in Medicine

med

(mĕd)

adj.

Medical. Used informally.

A medication. Used informally, often in the plural.

med

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med.

M.Ed.

Examples from the Web for med

Contemporary Examples

On Monday, there was Dr. Tara Margarella a trauma resident turned plastic surgeon who was once featured on the show New York Med.

The jurors were thus dually protected when the government called a former figure from New York Med to the stand on Monday.

Army vet Jacob Siegel on what unites a Congresswoman, businessman, med student, and martial artist.

If you're good enough at school to get into med school, it probably doesn't make financial sense to go.

Chen graduated from med school Monday, the same day Zuckerberg turned 28.

Historical Examples

Then stillness, and solidity, and the blackness of the Pit outside the Med Ship.

Then, for a long while, there was no sound or movement in the Med Ship.

But it's not only a Med Service obligation, it's a current mess!

The ground-car was enclosed, with room for a driver and the three from the Med Ship.

Minutes later he stepped down to the ground from the Med Ship's exit-port.

Med

MEd

med.

Word Origin and History for med

n.

med

Origin of med