med
/mɛːd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.88 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I'm in med school."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin medicālisbor. French médicalbor. English medicalclip. English med
Usage
- Informal
- Countable
- Uncountable
- British usage
Inflected Forms
meds (plural)
meds (present, singular)
medding (participle, present)
medded (participle, past)
medded (past)
the MED (canonical)