Hyphenation of papain

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

pa-pain

Definitions of papain:

1.	A proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya Used as a meat tenderizer

Synonyms of papain:

noun	enzyme

Last hyphenations of this language

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