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
When the episode opens, Belly has been in Paris for a year while Conrad was at med school brooding and pining, his two favorite pastimes. Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 18 Sep. 2025 The person who stood out most had a pre-med background. Maureen Cawley, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
At one point, Daniel isn’t feeling well, and his wife, Sophie, gives him his meds and tells him to rest a while. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Sep. 2025 Lukowe was having trouble getting HIV meds. Brian Simpson, NPR, 19 Sep. 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 2 Oct. 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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