Hyphenation of lactose

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

lac-tose

Definitions of lactose:

1.	A sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule Occurs only in milk Cow's milk contains about 4.7% lactose

Synonyms of lactose:

noun	milk sugar, disaccharide

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Hyphenator

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