Hyphenation of tuberculosis

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word tuberculosis? This word can be hyphenated and contains 5 syllables as shown below.

tu-ber-cu-lo-sis

Definitions of tuberculosis:

1.	Infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)

Synonyms of tuberculosis:

noun	TB, T.B., infectious disease

Last hyphenations of this language

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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.