How many syllables in anastomosis?

There are 5 syllables in the word anastomosis.

How to pronounce anastomosis:

anastomosis (noun):: noun. a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous.; the union of parts or branches (as of streams, blood vessels, or leaf veins) so as to intercommunicate or interconnect

colligation

conjunction

inosculation

junction

detachment

disconnection

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