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▪ I. pre-med, a. (n.1) Chiefly U.S.|priːˈmɛd|
Colloq. abbrev. of premedical a. (n.).
1962E. Snow Red China Today (1963) xxxv. 263, I finished my pre-med work in three years and won a scholarship to the American University in Beirut. 1971‘S. Ransome’ Trap 6 (1972) iii. 27 He's about to begin his premed courses and he's not sure whether he'll make it all the way through to his M.D. 1972W. P. McGivern Caprifoil (1973) xiii. 212 London told us you did a year of pre-med at Birmingham University. 1977Time 28 Mar. 70/3 After high school Lily entered Detroit's Wayne State University as a premed student because ‘I wanted to be a doctor’. 1978Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. 9/1 Career training offered at Madonna for deaf students includes art, journalism, public relations, pre-med and pre-dentistry [etc.].
▪ II. pre-med, n.2|priːˈmɛd, ˈpriːmɛd|
Colloq. abbrev. of premedication. Also attrib.
1964D. Francis Nerve vi. 64 A brisk nurse told us he was going to the operating theatre within minutes and not to disturb the patient, as he had been given his pre-med. 1974C. Fremlin By Horror Haunted 110 The shaving, the marking-up, the pre-med injections. 1977Observer 4 Sept. 22/1 You'll get a pre-med, a jab to make you drowsy, at about ten. |