PREFACE. 



EXPERIENCE both as a student and as a teacher having con- 

 vinced me of the want of a Glossary of the numerous technical 

 terms employed in the sciences of Anatomy, Physiology, and 

 General Biology, I have been induced to prepare the present 

 volume. 



In it is attempted to place before the student the pronuncia- 

 tion, derivation, and definition of all those terms which are 

 usually employed in that department of Biological science 

 which treats of animal life, as set forth in such standard text- 

 books as those of Huxley, Carpenter, Foster, Flower, and 

 others. With the Botanical side of Biology but little has been 

 attempted, only such terms having been included as are 

 employed in Elementary General Biology as treated in the 

 introductory text-book of Huxley and Martin, the object 

 being rather to supply a want than to supplement existing 

 works. Of Pathological terms only such have been included 

 as are usually employed in the illustration of Physiological 

 facts. 



In order to conduce to correct pronunciation, the accented 

 syllable in each word is marked, and where necessary the 



