How many syllables in contraindication?

There are 5 syllables in the word contraindication.

How to pronounce contraindication:

contraindication (noun):: something (such as a symptom or condition) that makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable; noun. (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment.

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