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hydrocephalus

How many syllables in hydrocephalus?

  946312857 syllables

Divide hydrocephalus into syllables:   hy-dro-ceph-a-lus
Primary syllable stress:   hy-dro-ceph-a-lus
Secondary syllable stress:   hy-dro-ceph-a-lus
How to pronounce hydrocephalus:   hahy-druh-sef-uh-lus
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