bruxism

1. 1.

   involuntarily or unconsciously clenching or grinding the teeth, typically during sleep

   Broaderaction

Other forms of bruxism

plural

bruxisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bruxism

What does bruxism mean?

bruxism means "involuntarily or unconsciously clenching or grinding the teeth, typically during sleep".

How many syllables are in bruxism?

bruxism has 2 syllables and divides as brux-ism under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.