Hyphenation of smallpox

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

small-pox

Definitions of smallpox:

1.	A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

Synonyms of smallpox:

noun	variola, variola major, pox

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