Hyphenation of elastase

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

elas-tase

Definitions of elastase:

1.	A pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin

Synonyms of elastase:

noun	enzyme

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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