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microorganism

How many syllables in microorganism?

  5 syllables

Divide microorganism into syllables:   mi-cro-or-gan-ism
Primary syllable stress:   mi-cro-or-gan-ism
Secondary syllable stress:   mi-cro-or-gan-ism
How to pronounce microorganism:   my-krow-or-gan-izm
How to say microorganism:

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Synonyms for microorganism


1 syllable
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