Hyphenation of abscess

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word abscess? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

ab-scess

Definitions of abscess:

1.	Symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue

Synonyms of abscess:

noun	symptom

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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