premed

1 of 2

noun

pre·​med (ˌ)prē-ˈmed How to pronounce premed (audio)
ˈprē-ˌmed
: a premedical student or course of study

premed

2 of 2

adjective

Examples of premed in a Sentence

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Noun
Mayde Creek High School Arman Thomas Yazdian- Valedictorian; David Liu - Salutatorian Yazdian plans to attend the University of Texas at Austin to major in biochemistry as a premed to become an anesthesiologist after medical school. Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 29 May 2018
Adjective
McGowan, a native New Yorker from the Bronx, was enrolled as a premed student. Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024 All this was a far cry from her days as a premed student at the University of the Philippines. Barry Samaha, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Aug. 2023 The pair lived in the same dorm during their first year at Marquette and later, while both were on a premed track, wound up seated together in their human anatomy class. Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023 Course for a pre-premed, perhaps 29 Need to save? Kameron Austin Collins, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022 Organic chemistry is widely viewed as a weed-out course, used to push students off the premed track. WSJ, 11 Oct. 2022 Janett is a biology major on a premed track, and Kathy is a nursing major. Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2021 Thompson became a top student at a prestigious Black high school, and in 1955 he was accepted into the premed program at Boston University. BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2021 People can be a bit concerned about sounding like everyone else and just like all the premed students at their school. Shraddha Chakradhar, STAT, 16 Aug. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1927, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1918, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of premed was in 1918

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“Premed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/premed. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

premed

1 of 2 noun
pre·​med ˈprē-ˈmed How to pronounce premed (audio)
: a premedical student or course of study

premed

2 of 2 adjective
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