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Oxidation and reduction reactions are sometimes called blank reactions

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The process in which a substance loses an electron in a chemical reaction is called oxidation. The lost electron cannot exist on its own and must be gained by a second substance. ... Reduction is gain of electrons and thus gaining of negative charge. The atom that acquired electrons is said to be reduced.

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