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=Bitumen=--bi-tu'men, not bit'u-men.
=Cadaver=--ka-da'ver, not ka-dav'er.
=Caries=--ka'ri-ez, not ka'rez nor kar'rez.
=Carminative=--kar-min'a-tive, not kar'mi-na-tive.
=Caryophillus=--kar-i-o-phil'lus, not kar-i-oph'il-lus.
=Cerebral=--ser'e-bral, not ser-e'bral.
=Cerebric=--ser'e-bric, not ser-e'bric.
=Cerebrum=--ser'e-brum, not ser-e'brum. Dunglison gives both.
=Cerumen=--se-ru'men, not ser'u-men.
=Cheyne=--chan or cheen, not shane.
=Choledochus=--ko-led'o-kus, not kol-e-do'kus nor ko-lid'a-kus.
=Cicatrix=--si-ka'trix, not sik'a-trix nor si-kat'rix.
Plural, =cicatrices= (sik'a-tri'sez), not si-kat'ri-sez.
=Cimicifuga=--sim-i-sif'u-ga, not sim-i-si-fu'ga nor sim-is'i-fu'ga.
=Cochlea=--kok'le-a, not kok'le-a.
=Conein=--ko-ne'in, not ko'ne-in.
=Conium=--ko-ni'um, not ko'ni-um.
=Cranium=--kra'ni-um, not kran'i-um.
=Cynanche=--si-nan'ke, not si-nan'che.
=Diastase=--di'as-tase, not di-as'taze.
=Diastole=--di-as'to-le, not di'as-tole.
=Diploe=--dip'lo-e, not dip-lo'e.
=Dulcamara=--dul-ka-ma'ra, not dul-sa-ma'ra. Webster gives dul-kam'a-ra also.
=Duodenum=--du-o-de'num, not du-od'e-num.
=Dyspna=--disp-ne'a, not dis-ne'a.
=Emesis=--em'e-sis,not em-e'sis.
=Epiploon=--e-pip'lo-on, not ep-ip-lo'on.
=Facial=--fa'shal, not fash'i-al.
=Foramen=--fo-ra'men, not fo-ram'en.
=Fungi=--fun'ji not fun'gi. Plural of =fungus=.
=Galbanum=--gal'ba-num, not gal-ba'num.
=Gingiva=--jin-ji'va, not jin'ji-va.
=Glenoid=--gle'noid, not glen'oid.
=Glutaeus=--glu'tae-us, according to Webster. The rest give glu-tae'us.
=h.e.l.leborus=--hel-leb'o-rus, not hel-le-bo'rus.
=Hyoscyamus=--hi-os-si'a-mus, not hi-os-sy-am'us nor hi-os-sy-a'mus. =Hyoscyamine= (hi-os-si'a-min).
=Impetigo=--im-pe-ti'go, not im-pet'i-go.
=Incisive=--in-si'siv, not in-sis'ive.
=Iodoform=--i-od'o-form, not i-o'do-form. Dunglison gives i'o-do-form.
=Itis.= According to Webster and Worcester this termination is p.r.o.nounced i'tis in =bronchitis=, =pleuritis=, =gastritis=, etc. Thomas and Dunglison do not specify, but the inference is that they intend the same. It is, however, so generally p.r.o.nounced e'tis, that many would object to the attention attracted by calling it i'tis.
=Jejunum=--je-ju'num, not jej'u-num.
=Juniperus=--ju-nip'e-rus, not ju'ni-per-us nor ju-ni-pe'rus.
=Laudanum=--law'da-num, not lod'a-num.
=Lentigo=--len-ti'go, not len'ti-go.
=Lepra=--lep'ra, not le'pra. Dunglison gives the latter.
=Leuwenhoek=--loo'en-hook or lUh'wen-hook (U as in fur), not loo'wen-hoke.
=Levator=--le-va'tor, not le-vat'or.
=Liquor= (Latin)--li'kwor, not lik'ur as in English.
=Magendie=--ma-zhong-de', not ma-jen'de.
=Malic=--ma'lic, not mal'ic. Thomas gives the latter.
