: medication sense 2
—usually used in plural
took pain meds
1
medicine
2
medieval
3
medium
Mediterranean
master of education
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
The two, who met in med school and share two adult sons, had recently sent their youngest off to college.
—Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
At the same time, spacecraft cargo storage is always at a premium, so astronauts need meds that both get the job done and take up as little room as possible.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Sixty years ago, on a Sunday morning, a 23-year-old pre-med student convinced her mother to drive her to Hopkinton, paving the way for hundreds of thousands of women runners.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
The two, who met in med school and share two adult sons, had recently sent their youngest off to college.
—Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
However, by that time Dickerson had become dependent on the new opioid-management meds.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
At the same time, spacecraft cargo storage is always at a premium, so astronauts need meds that both get the job done and take up as little room as possible.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Apr. 2026
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“Med.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/med. Accessed 25 Apr. 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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