Hyphenation of infection

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

in-fec-tion

Definitions of infection:

1.	The pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
2.	(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
3.	(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
4.	An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
5.	The communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people A contagion of mirth The infection of his enthusiasm for poetry
6.	Moral corruption or contamination Ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable
7.	(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure

Synonyms of infection:

noun	ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
noun	linguistic process
noun	pathologic process, pathological process
noun	contagion, transmission, incident
noun	contagion, communication
noun	corruptness, corruption
noun	illegality

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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.