med
adjectivenounverbverbcommon in dialogue
- //mɛːd//
Medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.
adjective
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Variant of medicalinformalClipping of medical.
I'm in med school.
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Variant of medianClipping of median
noun
- 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
informalA medic; a doctor.
A stray dachshund the meds are keeping as a mascot.
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Variant of medicineinformalClipping of medicine, as an academic subject.
My brother studied med at Cambridge.
verb
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Variant of medicateClipping of medicate
verb
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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
med · Medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.
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