Hyphenation of peptone

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

pep-tone

Definitions of peptone:

1.	Any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids

Synonyms of peptone:

noun	organic compound

Last hyphenations of this language

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