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med

adjectivenounverbverbcommon in dialogue

  • //mɛːd//

Medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.

adjective

  1. 1

    Variant of medicalinformalClipping of medical.

    I'm in med school.

  2. 2

    Variant of medianClipping of median

noun

  1. 1

    informalMedications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.

    He's been very strange. I wonder if he's not been taking his meds.

    Take a med. […] BECAUSE you took a med you did not have a full-blown panic attack and faint.

    “What meds?” “It's a long story.” “What meds?” “He's bipolar, Mark. Diagnosed a few years back.”

    “I'd been trying to get my anti-depressants right and taking the meds,” he said. “That was my feeling at the time — of worrying if this was the right choice,” he added.

  2. 2

    informalA medic; a doctor.

    A stray dachshund the meds are keeping as a mascot.

  3. 3

    Variant of medicineinformalClipping of medicine, as an academic subject.

    My brother studied med at Cambridge.

verb

  1. 1

    Variant of medicateClipping of medicate

verb

  1. 1

    Variant of mightPronunciation spelling of might.

    You med be religious, or you med not, but you can't help striking in your homely note with the rest.

Forms

plural
meds
past tense
medded
past participle
medded
present participle
medding
third person singular
meds
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