Hyphenation of Prophylaxis

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Prophylaxis? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

Pro-phy-lax-is

Definitions of Prophylaxis:

1.	The prevention of disease

Synonyms of Prophylaxis:

noun	prevention, bar

Last hyphenations of this language

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