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

packaging

pad (n)

pain

palindrome

paper

para

parabola

parallel

paralyze

parametric

partial

particle

party

pass

passage

patent (n, v)

PCR

pellet (n)

pending

penetrance

percent

perception

perennial

perfect (adj)

peripheral

permanent marker

permeability

permeabilize

permeable

permeate

permission

permitted

peroxidase

peroxide

perpendicular

perpetual

perspective

pH buffer

pH paper

pharmacology

pharmacy

phenotype

phenylalanine

phosphatase

phosphate

phosphate buffered saline

phospholipase

phospholipid

phosphorylation

phospho-specific

physiological

pie chart

pint

pipette

pipette tip

pipettor

plant

plaque

plasma

plasmid

plastic

plug (n, v)

plumb

poison

polycarbonate

polymer

polymerase

polymerase chain reaction

polymorphism

polypropylene

polystyrene

pore

position (n, v)

positive

post test

poster

potency

potential

potentiate

potentiation

pound

powder

power supply

precipitant

precipitate (n)

pre-existing

pre-incubate

presbyopic

presentation

pressure

pre-treat

primary

printer

printout

prion

procedure

process (n)

processor

program (n)

projectile

projector

proline

proof

proper

property

prostaglandin

protease

protection

protein

protein A

protein G

prove

provide

proximal

publication

pump (n, v)

put

PVDF

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