English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “serotonins”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for serotonins is sero-tonins, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
sero-tonins
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result sero-ton-ins The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
Wordserotonins
Hyphenationsero-tonins
Break points1
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationˌsɛrəˈtəʊnɪn
Meaning & usage

What does “serotonins” mean?

serotonins: a compound present in blood platelets and serum, which constricts the blood vessels and acts as a neurotransmitter.

Headwordserotonin
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationˌsɛrəˈtəʊnɪn
1
noun

a compound present in blood platelets and serum, which constricts the blood vessels and acts as a neurotransmitter.

Word breaks

How “serotonins” is split

sero·tonins

For US English, the hyphenation result is sero-tonins. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns sero-ton-ins.

Quick answers

Questions about “serotonins”

How do you hyphenate “serotonins”?

In the US-English result used here, serotonins is hyphenated as sero-tonins.

Where can “serotonins” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “serotonins” mean?

a compound present in blood platelets and serum, which constricts the blood vessels and acts as a neurotransmitter.

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