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peritonitis

How many syllables in peritonitis?

  5 syllables

Divide peritonitis into syllables:   per-i-to-ni-tis
Primary syllable stress:   per-i-to-ni-tis
Secondary syllable stress:   per-i-to-ni-tis
How to pronounce peritonitis:   per-i-tin-ahy-tis
How to say peritonitis:

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What rhymes with peritonitis

5 syllables
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