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1med

adjective \ˈmed\

Definition of MED

:  medical <med school>
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First Known Use of MED

circa 1933

Rhymes with MED

bed, bread, dead, dread, ed, fed, head, lead, ped, read, red, Red, redd, said, shed, shred, sled, spread, stead, ted, thread, tread, wed, zed

2med

noun

Definition of MED

:  medication 2 —usually used in plural <took pain meds>
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First Known Use of MED

1942

3med

abbreviation

Definition of MED

1
medicine
2
medieval
3
medium
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Med

abbreviation

Definition of MED

Mediterranean
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MEd

abbreviation

Definition of MED

master of education
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