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encephalitis

How many syllables in encephalitis?

  5 syllables

Divide encephalitis into syllables:   en-ceph-a-li-tis
Primary syllable stress:   en-ceph-a-li-tis
Secondary syllable stress:   en-ceph-a-li-tis
How to pronounce encephalitis:   en-sef-uh-lahy-tis
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