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med.

Medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɛːd/

  1. Medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.

    countable · in-plural · informal · uncountable
    He's been very strange. I wonder if he's not been taking his meds.

  2. Clipping of medicine, as an academic subject.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · informal · uncountable
    My brother studied med at Cambridge.

  3. A medic; a doctor.

    countable · informal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin medicālisbor. French médicalbor. English medicalclip. English med

adj/mɛːd/

  1. Clipping of medical.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · informal · not-comparable
    I'm in med school.

  2. Clipping of median

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin medicālisbor. French médicalbor. English medicalclip. English med

verb/mɛːd/

  1. Clipping of medicate

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin medicālisbor. French médicalbor. English medicalclip. English med

verb/mɛːd/

  1. Pronunciation spelling of might.

    UK · alt-of · dialectal · pronunciation-spelling
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