How many syllables in contraflexure?

There are 4 syllables in the word contraflexure.

How to pronounce contraflexure:

contraflexure (noun):: a bending in opposite directions like the curve of an ogee; the point where this occurs a point of contrary flexure or inflexion that in a fixed beam is a point of zero bending moment

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