NOTE AS TO PRONUNCIATION 



IT has seemed expedient in many cases to give alternatives, as different 

 centres of learning have different types of pronunciation ; again, as it is 

 usage which determines correct pronunciation, and the terms are not 

 everyday words, it will be long before a term which lends itself equally 

 well to two methods will be fixed down to one. 



As to many anatomical and other purely Latin terms, students will 

 probably follow the type of pronunciation, English or Continental, 

 learned at school ; in the latter case, the second alternative or some 

 modification of it will be employed. Those who can readily pronounce 

 ch as in loch, and who have so learned to pronounce the combination 

 in Greek, will naturally introduce that sound into such words as 

 branchial, brachycnemic ; although the k sound has been adopted in 

 this as in other dictionaries, the other is not to be regarded as 

 incorrect. 



The sound-symbols have been made as simple as possible, only the 

 broader differences of vowel-sounds having been included. A general 

 indication of pronunciation, rather than a critically exact reproduction, 

 is what is wanted for the average reader of scientific works. 



In the case of words which have not previously appeared in a 

 dictionary, and whose pronunciation is not clearly indicated by 

 etymological or other rules, it remains for the coiner to indicate his 

 preference. 



