Med

Definitions

1. Initialism of Master of Education.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. Clipping of Mediterranean.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, with-definite-article
3. Abbreviation of medical.
   abbreviation, alt-of
4. Medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.
   countable, in-plural, informal, uncountable
5. Initialism of Middle English Dictionary.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. Abbreviation of medicine.
   abbreviation, alt-of
7. Clipping of medicine, as an academic subject.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable
8. A medic; a doctor.
   countable, informal

Equivalents

4 more languages

Bosanskimed

Hrvatskimed

KurdîMed

Српскиmed

Examples

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

“Shepard: What's wrong with your assistant? Dr. Warren: Manuel has a brilliant mind⟳, but he's always been a bit... unstable. Genius and madness are two sides of the same coin. Dr. Manuel: Is it madness to see⟳ the future? To see⟳ the destruction rushing towards us? To understand⟳ there is no escape⟳? No hope⟳? No, I am not mad. I'm the only sane one left! Dr. Warren: I gave him an extra dose of his meds after the attack.”

“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.”

“My brother studied med at Cambridge.”

“A stray dachshund the meds are keeping as a mascot.”

“We're going to the Med for four weeks this summer.”

“They used to go wild for villas by the Med and ski chalets in the Alps; now they are forking out for views of the Channel and hilly walks in Shropshire.”

“As frequent users of the MED well know⟳, of course, the MED history of ‘misledinge’ only appears inverted if we look⟳ at dates of composition, since it is in fact manuscript date⟳ that dictates the order⟳ of quotation under any of the semantic subdivisions in any MED entry.”

“Make⟳ a list of the lexical (that is open-class words) in the passage, and use⟳ the OED and/or MED online to find⟳ other citations elsewhere in ME texts.”

“The MED evidence gives the impression that non-impersonal verbs of Pleasure/enjoyment other than lŏven cannot be strictly distinguished from the impersonal counterparts, apart from the presence or absence of impersonal use⟳.”

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