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hydrocephalic

How many syllables in hydrocephalic?

  5 syllables

Divide hydrocephalic into syllables:   hy-dro-ce-phal-ic
Primary syllable stress:   hy-dro-ce-phal-ic
Secondary syllable stress:   hy-dro-ce-phal-ic
How to pronounce hydrocephalic:   hahy-droh-suh-fal-ik
How to say hydrocephalic:

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