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ophthalmologist

How many syllables in ophthalmologist?

  5 syllables

Divide ophthalmologist into syllables:   oph-thal-mol-o-gist
Primary syllable stress:   oph-thal-mol-o-gist
Secondary syllable stress:   oph-thal-mol-o-gist
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