med

[ med ]

/ mɛd /

Informal.

adjective

medical: med school.

noun

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

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Words nearby med

meconium ileus, meconium peritonitis, meconopsis, mecopteran, mecopterous, med, med., med. gr., med. lat., med.sc.d., medaka

Origin of med

First recorded in 1890–95; by shortening

Definition for med (2 of 3)

med.

Definition for med (3 of 3)

M.Ed.

Master of Education.

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Example sentences from the Web for med

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

Chen graduated from med school Monday, the same day Zuckerberg turned 28.
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This is the first Med Ship visit in twelve standard years, I believe, which is inexcusable.
Pariah Planet|Murray Leinster
The life of a Med Ship man is not exactly a sinecure, at best.
Pariah Planet|Murray Leinster
Whether there was contagion in the control building or not, the ship must be made unusable to the Med Ship man!
The Hate Disease|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
He believed that there were Darians here, and the girl in the Med ship—so he also believed—was a Darian.
Pariah Planet|Murray Leinster
There were few human vagaries, though, that were not recorded in the Med Service files.
The Hate Disease|William Fitzgerald Jenkins

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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Medical definitions for med

med

[ mĕd ]

adj.

Medical. Used informally.

n.

A medication. Used informally, often in the plural.