How many syllables in oxygen?

There are 3 syllables in the word oxygen.

How to pronounce oxygen:

oxygen (noun):: see chemical elements table; a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust.; a chemical element with atomic number 8 that constitutes 21 percent of the earth's atmosphere, that is capable of combining with all elements except some noble gases, that is active in physiological processes of almost all known organisms, and that is involved especially in combustion

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