How many syllables in neuron?

There are 2 syllables in the word neuron.

Divide neuron into syllables:

neuron (noun):: a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses.; a grayish or reddish granular cell that is the fundamental functional unit of nervous tissue transmitting and receiving nerve impulses and having cytoplasmic processes which are highly differentiated frequently as multiple dendrites or usually as solitary axons which conduct impulses to and away from the cell body nerve cell sense 1

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