"med" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /mɛːd/ Audio: En-us-med.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛd Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} med (not comparable)
  1. (informal) Clipping of medical. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, not-comparable Alternative form of: medical Derived forms: med-evac, med mal, med school
    Sense id: en-med-en-adj-pVrtOy5R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 24 29 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mɛːd/ Audio: En-us-med.ogg [US] Forms: meds [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛd Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} med (countable and uncountable, plural meds)
  1. (informal, chiefly in the plural) Medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications. Tags: countable, in-plural, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-med-en-noun-a3BK06WR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 24 29 35
  2. (informal, uncountable) Short for medicine (as an academic subject). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, informal, uncountable Alternative form of: medicine (extra: as an academic subject)
    Sense id: en-med-en-noun-~YJaKJ5M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 24 29 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: off one's meds, pre-med
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /mɛːd/ Audio: En-us-med.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɛd Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} med
  1. (UK, dialect) Pronunciation spelling of might. Tags: UK, alt-of, dialectal, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: might
    Sense id: en-med-en-verb-8TBAasnp Categories (other): British English, English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 24 29 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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