Hyphenation of penicillin

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

peni-cillin

Definitions of penicillin:

1.	Any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases

Synonyms of penicillin:

noun	antibiotic, antibiotic drug

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