Hyphenation of diabetes

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word diabetes? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

di-a-betes

Definitions of diabetes:

1.	A polygenic disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood Any of several metabolic disorders marked by excessive urination and persistent thirst

Synonyms of diabetes:

noun	polygenic disorder, polygenic disease

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.