med
[med]Informal.
- medical: med school.
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- Often meds. a medication; medicine: Have you taken your meds?
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Origin of med
First recorded in 1890–95; by shortening
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Contemporary Examples
A recent medical journal suggests doctors regularly cave when patients ask for meds, even controlled substances like Oxycodone.
She goes from bright and happy, to seizure, to zombie after the meds take effect.
It seems to me as if Carrie may be blaming the meds when actually the thing that was blinding her was her feelings for Brody.
And one of the things she is questioning is, did the meds dull her genius?
Soon, he establishes the Dallas Buyers Club, charging “subscribers” $400 per month for meds.
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Historical Examples
It made him want to cry, though that might have been the meds.
MakersCory Doctorow
All that meds will do is mask the symptoms, while you get worse.
Down and Out in the Magic KingdomCory Doctorow
In 836 they were overthrown by Amran, who imposed on them a tribute of dogs, and used their arms to vanquish the Meds.
Med
- the Med informal the Mediterranean region
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MEd
- Master of Education
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Word Origin and History for meds
med
n.
colloquial abbreviation of medicine, 1942. With a capital M and short for Mediterranean, by 1948.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
med
(mĕd)- Medical. Used informally.
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- A medication. Used informally, often in the plural.
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