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How to spell medicine
What it means
a substance that treats illness
How it sounds
/ˈmɛdəsən/
Why it catches people out
Medic keeps its i, then -ine. The middle syllable is lost in speech.
The spellings people reach for
- medecine
- medicin
- medacine
In a sentence
The medicine worked within a few hours.