"Med" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /mɛd/
Rhymes: -ɛd Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Med}} Med
  1. (informal, with definite article) Clipping of Mediterranean. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, with-definite-article Alternative form of: Mediterranean Categories (place): Seas Related terms: Club Med
    Sense id: en-Med-en-name-vj0p8n21 Disambiguation of Seas: 91 5 5 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 14 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 80 11 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 78 12 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mɛd/
Rhymes: -ɛd Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} Med
  1. (law) Abbreviation of medical. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: medical Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-Med-en-noun-YYkXjuyV Topics: law
  2. (law) Abbreviation of medicine. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: medicine Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-Med-en-noun-qoxV-5I0 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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