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# med

noun (a med, meds — informal); adjective (med, informal); abbreviation (Med, med.)

«med» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) Short for «medicine» or «medication», usually in the plural: «meds». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/med/#m1)
2. (informal) Short for «medical», as in «med school» (medical school) or «med student». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/med/#m2)
3. (the Med, UK informal) The Mediterranean Sea, or the countries around it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/med/#m3)
4. (abbreviation) Short for «medium», as on clothes or menus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/med/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, «Did you take your meds?» means medicine; families go on holiday «to the Med». In hospital stories, med students learn to be doctors. Safety: only take meds a trusted adult gives you. Phrases: take your meds, med school, holiday in the Med.

### Examples

- Grandma takes her meds every morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/med/#x1)
- My cousin is at med school to be a doctor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/med/#x2)
- We went on holiday to the Med, to Spain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/med/#x3)
- The T-shirt says «Med» on the label, for medium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/med/#x4)
- Don't take any meds unless an adult gives them to you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/med/#x5)
- The med student shadowed the doctor all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/med/#x6)
- Cruise ships sail around the Med in summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/med/#x7)

### Note

Informal clipped form. «Meds» (plural) is the usual form for medicines. «The Med» = Mediterranean (capital M). Not an English full word; in formal writing say «medicine», «medical» or «Mediterranean».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «med» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/med/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«med» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/med.html) on Mova free.