med

[ med ]
/ mɛd /
Informal.

adjective

medical: med school.

noun

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

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Origin of med

First recorded in 1890–95; by shortening

Words nearby med

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