How many syllables in schistosomiasis?

There are 6 syllables in the word schistosomiasis.

Divide schistosomiasis into syllables:

schistosomiasis (noun):: infestation with or disease caused by schistosomes; noun. an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected.; a severe endemic disease of humans in africa and parts of asia and south america that is contracted when cercariae released into fresh water (such as a river) by a snail intermediate host penetrate the skin and that is marked especially by blood loss and tissue damage

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