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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

Doctors, telehealth companies, med spas and venture capitalists are racing to get in on the craze for injectable drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

“For inefficiency and alpha potential we see more potential for med tech, biopharma and life-science tools,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025

"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

My piracy experience took me back to 2008, when I was a frustrated actor who finally snagged a decent-paying gig teaching at a camp for med school–destined high school kids.

From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2024

“The girl who got into med school,” I asked Nazario, “she’s in Bodega’s program?”

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez

Prof. Professor. c., cent. century. mech. mechanics. pron. pronoun; carp. carpentry. med. medicine. pronounced; cf. compare. metaph. metaphysics. pronunciation. chem. chemistry. mil. military. prop. properly. cog. cognate.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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 Piper, H. Beam

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

For custome of clothes at Corno, the summe of med. per somme.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Hakluyt, Richard

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 Ruskin, John

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

On a recent morning, two surfers bobbed up and down on their boards directly in front of the new Club Med.

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

In the Slate Plus episode: Med spas are taking over America.

From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2025

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

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott