NOTE AS TO PRONUNCIATION 
Ir 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, brachyenemic ; although the & 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. 
