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osteoporosis

How many syllables in osteoporosis?

  6 syllables

Divide osteoporosis into syllables:   os-te-o-po-ro-sis
Primary syllable stress:   os-te-o-po-ro-sis
Secondary syllable stress:   os-te-o-po-ro-sis
How to pronounce osteoporosis:   os-tee-oh-per-oh-sis
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What rhymes with osteoporosis

3 syllables
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