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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| autistic spectrum disorder | x/x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| auditory processing disorder | /xxx/xxx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| somatic symptom disorder | x/x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| syndrome | /x | Noun | 
| cerebral palsy | /xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| dyslexia | x/xx | Noun | 
| dysplasia | x/x | Noun | 
| microcephaly | /x/xx | Noun | 
| birth defect | //x | Phrase, Noun | 
| parkinsonism | /xxxx | Noun | 
| disease | x/ | Noun | 
| dystonia | //xx | Noun | 
| amblyopia | /x/xx | Noun | 
| dysgenesis | //xx | Noun | 
| diathesis | /xxx | Noun | 
| stiff person syndrome | //x/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| bubble boy disease | /x/x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| pathology | x/xx | Noun | 
| dementia | x/xx | Noun | 
| multiple sclerosis | /xxx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| neurasthenia | xx/xx | Noun | 
| organic brain syndrome | x/x//x | Name, Name | 
| dystonic | //x | Adjective | 
| abnormal | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| abnormality | xx/xx | Noun | 
| affection | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| agitation | xx/x | Noun | 
| agrarian | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| ailment | /x | Noun | 
| alienation | xxx/x | Noun | 
| allocating | /xxx | Verb, Noun | 
| allotment | x/x | Noun | 
| alteration | xx/x | Noun | 
| ambient | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| anarchic | x/x | Adjective | 
| anarchy | /xx | Noun | 
| anomaly | x/xx | Noun | 
| anorexia | xx/xx | Noun | 
| antebellum | xx/x | Adjective | 
| ascertainable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| aspects | /x | Noun | 
| assigned | x/ | Adjective | 
| assignment | x/x | Noun | 
| associational | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| attention deficit disorder | x/x/xxx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| attributes | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| audience | /xx | Noun | 
| axiological | /xx/xx | Adjective | 
| barriers | /xx | Noun | 
| behavioral | x/xx | Adjective | 
| behavioural | x/xx | Adjective | 
| biobehavioral | x/x/xx | Adjective | 
| biopsychosocial | /x/xxx | Adjective | 
| brain | / | Noun, Verb | 
| breakdown | /x | Noun | 
| broad | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| career | x/ | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| carpal tunnel syndrome | /x/x/x | Phrase, Adjective | 
| cells | / | Adjective | 
| cellular | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| challenges | /xx | Noun | 
| chaos | /x | Noun | 
| choking | /x | Noun | 
| clouds | / | Noun | 
| cloudy | /x | Adjective | 
| clutter | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| coarse | / | Adjective | 
| cognitive | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| common | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| commonplace | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| commotion | x/x | Noun | 
| comorbidity | /x/xx | Noun | 
| competencies | /xxx | Noun | 
| complaint | x/ | Noun | 
| comprehensive | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| condition | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| conduct | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| confuses | x/x | Verb | 
| confusion | x/x | Noun | 
| congenital | x/xx | Adjective | 
| constant | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| cultural | /xx | Adjective | 
| current | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| debilitating | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| deep | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| defect | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| dehumanizing | x/xxx | Noun | 
| depression | x/x | Noun | 
| detrimental | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| develop | x/x | Verb | 
| development | x/xx | Noun | 
| developmentally | xxx/xx | Adverb | 
| diagnose | xx/ | Verb | 
| diffuse | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| dirt | / | Noun, Verb | 
| disabilities | xx/xx | Verb | 
| disarray | xx/ | Noun, Verb | 
| discord | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| disequilibrium | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| dislocation | x//x | Noun | 
| disordered | x/x | Adjective | 
| disorganization | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| dispatch | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| disquiet | x/x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| disruption | x/x | Noun | 
| distract | x/ | Verb, Adjective | 
| distress | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| distributive | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| disturbance | x/x | Noun | 
| disturbing | x/x | Adjective | 
| dominant | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| dribble | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| dwarfism | /xx | Noun | 
| dynamic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| dysfunction | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| eating | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| embryonic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| emphases | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| endemic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| enduring | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| entrenched | x/ | Adjective | 
| etiologies | xx/xx | Noun | 
| everywhere | /xx | Adverb | 
| evolutionary | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| experimental | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| exploratory | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| extended | x/x | Adjective | 
| extensive | x/x | Adjective | 
| frequent | /x | Adjective, Verb | 
| functions | /x | Noun | 
| general | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb | 
| generalised | /xx | Adjective | 
| generalized | /xxx | Adjective | 
| glitch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| growth | / | Noun | 
| handicap | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| havoc | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| heuristic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| hospital | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| hyperactivity | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| ill | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| illness | /x | Noun | 
| illnesses | /xx | Noun | 
| imbalance | x/x | Noun | 
| impaction | x/x | Noun | 
| impairment | x/x | Noun | 
| impediment | x/xx | Noun | 
| incisive | x/x | Adjective | 
| inconvenience | xx/x | Noun, Verb | 
| inescapable | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| infirmity | x/xx | Noun | 
| ingrained | x/ | Adjective | 
| insidious | x/xx | Adjective | 
| insightful | /xx | Adjective | 
| instability | xx/xx | Noun | 
| integrative | /xxx | Adjective | 
| intellectual | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| intense | x/ | Adjective | 
| intensive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| interactional | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| interference | xx/x | Noun, Verb | 
| intrusive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| invading | x/x | Adjective | 
| invasive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| investigational | xxx/xx | Adjective | 
| jitters | /x | Noun | 
| jumble | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| lawlessness | /xx | Noun | 
| mainstream | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| malady | /xx | Noun | 
