How many syllables in acidophile?

There are 4 syllables in the word acidophile.

How to pronounce acidophile:

acidophile (noun):: a substance, tissue, or organism that stains readily with acid stains; (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants.

acidophil

acidophile

bacterium

bacteroid

calymmatobacterium

diplococcus

eubacteria

eubacterium

genus calymmatobacterium

genus francisella

gonococcus

legionella

legionella pneumophilia

micro-organism

microorganism

neisseria gonorrhoeae

nitrobacterium

penicillin-resistant bacteria

probiotic

probiotic bacterium

probiotic flora

probiotic microflora

pus-forming bacteria

rod

superbug

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