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prescription

How many syllables in prescription?

  3 syllables

Divide prescription into syllables:   pre-scrip-tion
Stressed syllable in prescription:   pre-scrip-tion
How to pronounce prescription:   pri-skrip-shun
How to say prescription:

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Synonyms for prescription


4 syllables
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    What rhymes with prescription

    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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