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

rack

radiation badge

radioimmunoassay

radius

raise

RAM

random

range

rank (n, v)

rate limiting

ratio

razor blade

readout

reaction

real-time

rearrange

receive

receptor

recessive

recline

reconcile

recover

rectangle

rectangular

reducing agent

reference

refrigerate

refuse (v)

regain

regulation

reject

release

removal

renature

repair (v)

repeat (n, v)

replace

replicate

replication

replicon

reply (v)

reprint (n)

reproduce

reproducible

rescue (v)

reset

resistance

resistant

resolution

resolve

respective

respire

respond

response

restrain

restraint

restriction digest

resuscitate

retainer

retention time

reticulum

retrovirus

reverse

review

review article

rhythm

risk (n)

RNA

RNAse

rocker

roof

root

rotor

round off

RPM

rubber policeman

ruler

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