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

ice

idea

idle

ignite

immediate

immobilize

immortalize

immune

immunity

immunoprecipitation

impart

imperfect

implant

imprint (v)

improve

in situ

incandescence

incline

incubation

incubator

index (n, v)

indirect

indoor

infection

inflame

inflammation

infrared

inhale

inhibitor

initiate

inject

ink

inkjet

innovate

innovative

insect

insert (n)

insert (v)

inspect

inspiration

instill

instruction

insult (v)

integral

integrate

intensity

interface

interphase

interrogate

introduction

intron

inversion

invert

investigate

investigation

ion

ionophore

irradiate

irreproducible

isocratic

isoelectric point

isoleucine

isopropyl alcohol

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