: medication sense 2
—usually used in plural
took pain meds
1
medicine
2
medieval
3
medium
Mediterranean
master of education
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Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026
The post cycled through several photos of Fineman, with many featuring her swollen or bruised face, recovering from various treatments at the med spa.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 30 Dec. 2025
Some studies show antipsychotics could limit violent outcomes in patients, but more research is needed to determine whether meds can reduce violence to the same level as the general population.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
Those med students, cocky know-it-all Ogilvy (Lucas Iverson) and acerbic, perceptive Joy (Irene Choi), are drops in a flood of new faces that mark one of the few ways a show set in a single place can meaningfully scale up.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026
The post cycled through several photos of Fineman, with many featuring her swollen or bruised face, recovering from various treatments at the med spa.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
Sources told the site that 3 to 4 weeks before the murders, doctors changed his meds.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 30 Dec. 2025
Some studies show antipsychotics could limit violent outcomes in patients, but more research is needed to determine whether meds can reduce violence to the same level as the general population.
—David Oliver, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Med.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/med. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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med
2 of 2 noun
: medication sense 2
—usually used in plural
giving out bedtime meds—Susanna Kaysen
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