med

1 of 5

adjective

: medical
med school

med

2 of 5

noun

: medication sense 2
usually used in plural
took pain meds

med

3 of 5

abbreviation (1)

1
medicine
2
medieval
3
medium

Med

4 of 5

abbreviation (2)

Mediterranean

MEd

5 of 5

abbreviation (3)

master of education

Examples of med in a Sentence

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Adjective
That will require creating more residency positions that turn med school graduates into practicing physicians. Sally C. Pipes, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024 In February, Thomas H. Lee Partners took med tech services provider Agiliti private for $2.5 billion. Claire Rychlewski, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
Noun
There’s a lot swirling in the restaurant ether that got us to this moment—and the massive popularity of appetite-killing weight-loss meds like Ozempic isn’t much of a factor, chefs say. Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2024 Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk are both now working to increase their production of these meds and curb the sale of cheaper off-brand versions of their popular GLP-1 treatments. Bruce Gil, Quartz, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for med 

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

circa 1933, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1931, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of med was in 1931

Dictionary Entries Near med

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“Med.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/med. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

Medical Definition

med

1 of 2 adjective
: medical
med school
med students

med

2 of 2 noun
: medication sense 2
usually used in plural
giving out bedtime medsSusanna Kaysen
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