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
The med school dropout used tech to help people buy mattresses with just a few clicks. Zoya Hasan, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025 Taken by Milwaukee in the 26th round of the 2002 MLB Draft, Breslow deferred med school and pitched in the majors from 2005-17, was 5-2 with a 1.81 ERA for the World Series-winning Red Sox in 2013. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 16 July 2025
Noun
Certain medications and treatments There are actually a lot of meds that can cause dry mouth. Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 8 July 2025 Leona Maguire suffered from tick bites at Erin Hills and now the meds she’s been on have wreaked havoc on her skin. Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025 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

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“Med.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/med. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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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