med

1 of 5

adjective

ˈmed 

: medical

med school

med

2 of 5

noun

: medication sense 2

—usually 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

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

After his father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003, Reed Jobs started working in cancer labs and studied pre-med at Stanford, knowing that figuring out how to cure the illness was his life’s work. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026

Koenig starred in productions of Peer Gynt and The Devil’s Disciple at Fieldston High School in New York, went to Grinnell (Iowa) College to study pre-med and then transferred to UCLA after his sophomore year, pursuing a degree in psychology. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026

Noun

But those meds often include extra unnecessary ingredients that can sometimes put you at risk of accidentally overmedicating yourself, says Reed. — Andee Tagle, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026

Just moments prior, Link had swiped some of Jo’s old pain meds as his addiction issues seem to only be getting bigger. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

circa 1933, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1931, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing med

• med spa

Rhymes for med

• bed
• bled
• bread
• bred
• dead
• dread
• ed
• fed
• fled
• ged
• head
• lead

Medical Definition

med

1 of 2 adjective

ˈmed 

: medical

med school

med students

med

2 of 2 noun

: medication sense 2

—usually used in plural

giving out bedtime meds

—Susanna Kaysen