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

early

earth

ecology

ecosystem

ectopic

editor

efficacy

efficiency

egg

eicosanoid

eighth

eightieth

electrical

electrode

electron microscope

electrophoresis

elevated

elevator

elongation

elution time

emaciate

e-mail

e-mail address

embryo

emerge

emergency

emission

endocrine

endocytosis

endonuclease

endoplasmic

endotoxin

English

enhancer

envelope

enzyme

enzyme linked immunoassay (ELIZA)

epigenetic

episome

epistasis

epithelium

equal (v, adj)

equivalent

erect (adj)

ethanol

ether

euchromatin

evolution

exam

examine

examination

excision

excitation

excite

exhalation

exhale

exhaust (v)

existing

exocrine

exocytosis

exon

exonuclease

expand

explode

explosion

exponent

exponential

expose

expression

extension

exterminate

extinction coefficient

extra

extract (v)

extrapolate

eye protection

eye wash station

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