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ophthalmology

How many syllables in ophthalmology?

  5 syllables

Divide ophthalmology into syllables:   oph-thal-mol-o-gy
Primary syllable stress:   oph-thal-mol-o-gy
Secondary syllable stress:   oph-thal-mol-o-gy
How to say ophthalmology:

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