contralateral
adjectiveHow many syllables in contralateral?
There are 5 syllables in the word contralateral.How to pronounce contralateral:
Definition of contralateral:
- contralateral (adjective):
- occurring on or acting in conjunction with a part on the opposite side of the body
Here are some other common 5-syllable words.
- problem-oriented
- intrinsically
- infuriated
- indispensable
- somnambulation
- destinatio
- ostentatious
- excruciating
- homophobia
- deliberation
- interdependence
- heterogeneous
- gynecology
- Hawaiian
- Elefteria
- nasalization
- isolatable
- gentlemanliness
- potentiality
- thigmotropism
- economical
- anagnorisis
- literariness
- exuberantly
- semiprecious
- unprepossessing
- nonreligious
- popularity
- again and again
- dermatology
- educatedly
- Sagittarius
- viability
- hypochondriac
- polysyllabic
- insecurity
- irrespectable
- inability
- infatuation
- arthrochondritis
- consolidation
- minimization
- nationality
- abjudicated
- serendipitous
- participation
- ankylosaurus
- de-escalation
- pericardial
- impermissible
- … more
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