Hyphenation of infectious

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

in-fec-tious

Definitions of infectious:

1.	Caused by infection or capable of causing infection Viruses and other infective agents A carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease
2.	Easily spread Fear is exceedingly infectious Children catch it from their elders- Bertrand Russell
3.	Of or relating to infection Infectious hospital Infectious disease

Synonyms of infectious:

adj	infective, septic
adj	infectious, catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable, contagious, corrupting, contaminating
adj	ill health, unhealthiness, health problem

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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.