[In Latin and Latinized Greek words, the English sounds of the vowels are given as those used by the majority of professional men. If any one, however, prefers to adopt the continental method, sounding a as in father, y and i as e in veto, etc., and consistently applies it to all such words, no one, of course, has a right to object.]
Adipose—ăd´i-pōse, not ad´i-pōze.
Ala—ā´la, not ăl´a. Alæ, plural.
Alis—ā´lĭs, not ăl´ĭs. This as a termination of many words, such as abdominalis, digitalis, frontalis, lachrymalis, transversalis, etc., is often erroneously pronounced ăl´is.
Alumen—al-ū´men, not ăl´u-men.
Alveolus—al-vē´o-lus, not al-ve-ō´lus. Plural, alveoli (al-vē´o-lī). Alveolar—(al-vē´o-lar). Alveolus is the name given to the cavity in the jaw that is seen upon the removal of the root of a tooth, and it possesses no more tangibility than a pinch of air; almost daily, however, we hear dentists speak of extracting a tooth with a piece of the alveolus attached. What a curiosity for preservation in a museum is a tooth with a piece of a little hole fastened to the root! What is meant is a piece of the alveolar process, or portion of bone around the alveolus.
Anæmic—a-nĕm´ĭk, not a-nē´mĭk. Dunglison gives the latter.
Andral—ŏng-dräl´, not ăn´-dral.
Aphthæ—ăf´thē, not ăp´thē.
Aqua—ā´kwa, not ăk´wa.