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'meds' is used as slang for 'medications' or 'medicines'



 
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'meds' is used as slang for 'medications' or 'medicines' #1 (permalink) Thu Mar 16, 2006 13:09 pm   'meds' is used as slang for 'medications' or 'medicines'
 

Hi Alan!

There is a word that I do not really come to understand. it is the word meds. Can you please tell me its meaning?
Thanks a lot
Bye!
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Meds #2 (permalink) Thu Mar 16, 2006 13:24 pm   Meds
 

I'm not Alan, but I can tell you that in North America "meds" is used as slang for "medications" or "medicines". I think this started to be used as slang among medical employees, and now people in the general population have started to use it.
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Meds #3 (permalink) Thu Mar 16, 2006 15:15 pm   Meds
 

thank you very much. it's me vanesa again!!

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