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paralytic

How many syllables in paralytic?

  4 syllables

Divide paralytic into syllables:   par-a-lyt-ic
Primary syllable stress:   par-a-lyt-ic
Secondary syllable stress:   par-a-lyt-ic
How to pronounce paralytic:   par-uh-lit-ik
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