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
No overly confident and underskilled med students are doing procedures on me, babe. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026 The doctor is joined by new med student James Ogilvie, played by Lucas Iverson, and the two plan the patient's treatment. Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
As the New York Post reported, Malinda Cook, a nurse anesthetist at Virginia Commonwealth University Health, encouraged medical professionals to drug ICE agents with paralytic meds in a series of TikTok videos. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 29 Jan. 2026 Stay prepared for those just-in-case scenarios by stocking everything from itch creams and allergy meds to cold and headache remedies. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026 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 1 Feb. 2026.

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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