dehydrotestosterone
Syllables
de-hy-dro-tes-to-ste-rone
Pronunciation
/ˌdiːhaɪdroʊˌtɛstəˈstroʊn/
Stress
00010101
Morphemes
de- + testo- + -sterone
Dehydrotestosterone is a seven-syllable word (de-hy-dro-tes-to-ste-rone) with primary stress on the fifth syllable. It's morphologically complex, built from Greek and Latin roots and suffixes. Syllabification follows standard US English rules of onset-rime division and vowel-consonant separation.
Definitions
- 1
A potent androgenic steroid hormone, a metabolite of testosterone.
“Elevated levels of dehydrotestosterone can contribute to prostate enlargement.”
“The drug inhibits the conversion of testosterone to dehydrotestosterone.”
syn:DHT
Stress pattern
Primary stress falls on the fifth syllable ('ste' in 'testosterone').
Syllables
de — Open syllable, initial syllable. hy — Open syllable, diphthong. dro — Open syllable. tes — Closed syllable. to — Open syllable, schwa. ste — Closed syllable. ro — Open syllable. ne — Closed syllable
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- The presence of the diphthong /aɪ/ and the schwa /ə/ influence syllable boundaries.
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