Hyphenation of “inotropic”
The standard US-English hyphenation shown for inotropic is in-otrop-ic, with 2 possible break points in this result.
US English hyphenation
in-otrop-ic
3 segments2 break points
British English pattern result
ino-trop-ic
The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
What does “inotropic” mean?
inotropic: modifying the force or speed of contraction of muscles.
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adjective
modifying the force or speed of contraction of muscles.
Example: “a drug having a positive inotropic effect on the heart”
How “inotropic” is split
in·otrop·ic
For US English, the hyphenation result is in-otrop-ic. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns ino-trop-ic.
Questions about “inotropic”
How do you hyphenate “inotropic”?
In the US-English result used here, inotropic is hyphenated as in-otrop-ic.
Where can “inotropic” break at the end of a line?
The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.
What does “inotropic” mean?
modifying the force or speed of contraction of muscles.
Can you use “inotropic” in a sentence?
“a drug having a positive inotropic effect on the heart”