Hyphenation of zymogen

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word zymogen? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

zy-mo-gen

Definitions of zymogen:

1.	Any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active

Synonyms of zymogen:

noun	proenzyme, organic compound

Last hyphenations of this language

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