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Select the correct answer from the given choices for the statement given below.
A positively charged ion is called [cation / anion]________.

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A positively charged ion is called cation
An atom or molecule when loses an electron becomes a positively charged species called a cation. The species accepting this lost electron from cation becomes a negative species called an anion.

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