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

calibrate

cam

cap (n, v)

capacity

capillary

capsid

carbohydrate

carcinogen

cardiotoxic

carrier

casing

catabolic

catalyst

CD

ceiling

cell

cell culture

cell plate

cellular

centigrade

centimeter

central

centrifuge

centrifuge tube

century

certificate

certify

chair

change (v)

change (n)

channel (n)

channel (v)

charcoal

chemiluminescence

chemokine

chill

chloroform

chop

chopper

chromatin

chromatography

chromosome

chronograph

cilia

circuit board

circumference

cis

clamp

clean wipe

climate

clip

clog (v)

clone (n)

clone (v)

coarse

codon

coincidence

collateral

colony

colorimeter

commercial

committee

compendium

complementary

complete (adj)

composite (n)

composite (adj)

compress (v)

compressor

computer

computer program

concatenate (v)

concentration

condensate

condense

condenser

conditional

confer

conference

congress

conjugate (n)

conjugate (v)

conjugation

connection

conservative

conserve

constitutive

construct (v)

container

contract (n)

contract (v)

control

conventional

converge

conversion

cool (adj)

cool (v)

copious

copy (n, v)

copyright

cordless

core

corner

correlate (v)

cosmid

coupled

cover (n)

cover (v)

covering

coverslip

create

creative

crossover

cryptic

crystal

cut (v, n)

cuvette

cycle (n)

cyclin

cyclooxygenase

cylinder

cysteine

cytokine

cytosine

cytotoxic

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