An Illustrated Chinese-English Guide for Biomedical Scientists, now available from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

The Illustrated Chinese-English Guide for Biomedical Scientists is intended to build confidence in the use of English scientific language. The book lists terms that are in common use in science laboratories, translated into both simplified and complex Chinese. It also contains illustrations of equipment, labelled in both languages.

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Pronunciation Guide

This supplementary Web site provides a pronunciation guide for the terms covered in An Illustrated Chinese-English Guide for Biomedical Scientists. Click on a specific term to hear the English pronunciation.

List of Terms

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z, numbers

absorbance

abstract

accelerate

accord

acid

acidic

activate

acute

adaptor

add

adenovirus

adhesive

adjust

adjustable

agarose

age (n)

age (v)

aggregate (n)

aggregate (v)

agitate

agonist

air

alanine

alcohol

align

alignment

aliquot

alkaline

allow

alpha radiation

amount (n)

amperage

ampere

amplicon

amplify

anabolic

analyte

analytic

analytical

analyze

angle

angstrom

angular

animal

annual

ANOVA

antagonize

antenna

antibiotic

antibody

antioxidant

aperture

apoptosis

apparatus

approve

approximate (adj)

aquatic

aqueous

area

arginine

arm

arrange

array

aseptic

asparagine

aspartic acid

aspirate

aspiration

assay

associate (n)

associate (v)

attach

attachment

attack (v)

attempt

attenuate

attogram

attomole

atypical

audit (v)

auditorium

autoclave (n)

automate

automatic

autoradiography

available

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