Pronunciation
Listen and repeat:
1. Vowels
-a- clavicula
-e- membrum
-i, y- tibia
-o- collum
-u- ruber
2. Diphthongs (gliding vowels)
-ae-, -oe- praematurus, praecedens, lagoena, oesophagus
-oē- eupnoē, diarrhoē, dyspnoē
3. Consonants
-c- followed by -e-, -i-, -y-, -ae-, -oe- cerebrum, cibus, Caesar (sectio caesarea)
-c- followed by -a-, -o-, -u-, before consonants, and at the end of the word cavum, corpus, clavicula, sectio, oculus, lac
-cc- coccygeus, occipitalis, accessorius
-j- junctura, jugularis, major
-s- between two vowels nasus, venosus, contusio
-ss- tussis, accessorius
-ti- before a vowel or a diphthong operatio, resistentia
NB: -ti- after s/t/x and in Greek words testium, ostium, mixtio
-di-/-ti-/-ni- tibia, medicina
-qu- aqua, quattuor, quinque
-ngu- lingua
-th- thymus, therapia
-ph- physiologia, aphasia, alphabeta
-rh- haemorrhagia, rhinitis