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

In a report published in the Cell Press journal Med, surgeons detail how they removed a man's severely infected lungs and used an "artificial lung" system to keep him alive until a double lung transplant could be performed.

From Science Daily

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

From Los Angeles Times

“I really thought I was going to try and get into a med school,” he said recently while seated in the recognizable lobby of the show’s fictional hospital set on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From MarketWatch

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

From Los Angeles Times