Hyphenation of lactates

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

lac-tates

Definitions of lactates:

1.	A salt or ester of lactic acid
2.	Give suck to The wetnurse suckled the infant You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places

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