Hyphenation of petechia

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

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Definitions of petechia:

1.	A minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever)

Synonyms of petechia:

noun	bruise, contusion

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.