med

[ med ]

/ mɛd /

Informal.

adjective

medical: med school.

noun

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

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

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Examples from the Web for meds

A recent medical journal suggests doctors regularly cave when patients ask for meds, even controlled substances like Oxycodone.
New Study Says Doctors Can’t “Just Say No” to Their Patients|Kent Sepkowitz|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She goes from bright and happy, to seizure, to zombie after the meds take effect.
Sanjay Gupta’s Pot Pilgrimage for Pain Relief|Valerie Vande Panne|March 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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.
‘Homeland’ Showrunner: ‘We Knew We Had to Plot a New Course’|Andrew Romano|September 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And one of the things she is questioning is, did the meds dull her genius?
‘Homeland’ Showrunner: ‘We Knew We Had to Plot a New Course’|Andrew Romano|September 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Soon, he establishes the Dallas Buyers Club, charging “subscribers” $400 per month for meds.
Jared Leto on His Brilliant Performance as a Transsexual in ‘Dallas Buyers Club’|Marlow Stern|September 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It made him want to cry, though that might have been the meds.
Makers|Cory Doctorow
All that meds will do is mask the symptoms, while you get worse.
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom|Cory Doctorow
In 836 they were overthrown by Amran, who imposed on them a tribute of dogs, and used their arms to vanquish the Meds.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for meds (1 of 2)

Med

/ (mɛd) /

noun

the Med informal the Mediterranean region

British Dictionary definitions for meds (2 of 2)

MEd

abbreviation for

Master of Education

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Medical definitions for meds

med

[ mĕd ]

adj.

Medical. Used informally.

n.

A medication. Used informally, often in the plural.