Hyphenation of tetanus

Are you trying to hyphenate tetanus? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

tetanus

Definitions of tetanus:

1.	An acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds Spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages
2.	A sustained muscular contraction resulting from a rapid series of nerve impulses

Synonyms of tetanus:

noun	lockjaw, infection
noun	contraction, muscular contraction, muscle contraction

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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