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

obscure (adj)

observation

observe

obstruct

obstruction

obtuse

occlude

occlusion

octagon

odor

oncogene

oncogenesis

opening

optic

orbital rocker

organization

organize

original

ortho

osmolality

osmolarity

outdoor

out-of-order

oval

over

overhead

oxidant

oxidize

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