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

face mask

factorial

fail

false

Fahrenheit

fast

fasten

fatty acid

feed (n, v)

feminine

femtogram

femtomole

fertilize

fetal calf serum

fiber

field

fifth

fiftieth

figure

file (n)

filter (n, v)

find

finding

fine

fingerprint (n, v)

fire

first

fixed angle

flagellum

flame (n)

flask

flight

flocculent

floor mat

flower (n, v)

fluorescence

fog (n, v)

foil

fold (v)

force (n, v)

forceps

fortieth

forward

fourth

fractionate

frame

frameshift

free (adj, v)

freeze

freezer

fume hood

function

fungus

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