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med.1, med|mɛd|
(a) Abbrev. of medic n. or medical n. 1; (b) abbrev. of medical a.; (c) abbrev. of medicine n.1
(a)1851[see medic n.]. 1853in Farmer & Henley Slang (1896) IV. 298/1 Take..Sixteen interesting meds, With dirty hands and towzeled heads. 1899A. H. Quinn Pennsylvania Stories 19 The Meds waited till the visitors were opposite them. 1942[see (b) below].
(b)1933Partridge Slang To-day & Yesterday iii. iii. 190 Of the ‘plural’ variety [of abbreviation] is med. lab., medical laboratory. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §529/2 Doctor; physician,..med,..med man. Ibid. §529/5 Medical student,..med. Ibid. §530/9 Medical college,..med college or school. Ibid. §534/1 Med business, the medical profession. 1955in Amer. Speech (1956) XXXI. 233 The law students began the boress by storming the Medical Building singing about the evils of the med students. 1974Spartanburg (S. Carolina) Herald 18 Apr. A3/2 The lawmakers from Charleston County, site of the existing med school, are opposed to the move.
(c)1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §531/8 Medicine; drugs, dope, med. Ibid. §831/22 Courses of study... Medicine, med. 1962‘E. McBain’ Like Love (1964) xi. 158 A page out of a textbook, elementary stuff, we had this in first-year med. 1973H. McCloy Change of Heart vii. 71, I want to study psychiatry when I get through med. |