How many syllables in medicine?

There are 3 syllables in the word medicine.

Divide medicine into syllables:

medicine (noun):: a substance or preparation used in treating disease; any substance used in treating or alleviating the symptoms of disease; the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques.

accident surgery

allergology

anesthesiology

angiology

antibiotic

bacteriology

biomedicine

cardiology

chiropody

clinical neurology

cure

dental medicine

dentistry

dermatology

diagnostics

drug

emergency medicine

endocrinology

epidemiology

forensic medicine

forensic pathology

gastroenterology

general medicine

geriatrics

gerontology

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