Hyphenation of mastectomy

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word mastectomy? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

mas-tec-to-my

Definitions of mastectomy:

1.	Surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor

Synonyms of mastectomy:

noun	ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision

Last hyphenations of this language

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