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nitrogenous

How many syllables in nitrogenous?

  4 syllables

Divide nitrogenous into syllables:   ni-trog-e-nous
Stressed syllable in nitrogenous:   ni-trog-e-nous
How to pronounce nitrogenous:   nahy-troj-uh-nus
How to say nitrogenous:

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