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Tim Presents Today with the Complaints of Fatigue, Lethargy, and Weight

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Tim presents today with the complaints of fatigue, lethargy, and weight gain. Tim is accompanied by his wife who states she has noticed some depression. Dr. Williams completes the appropriate tests and diagnosis Tim with myxedema coma. The main term is ________; the correct code is ________.


Definitions:

Chemical Reaction

A process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another, characterized by the breaking and forming of bonds between atoms.

Oxidation State

A measure of the degree of oxidation of an atom in a compound, indicating the number of electrons lost or gained.

Oxidation

Oxidation is a chemical reaction involving the loss of electrons by an atom, molecule, or ion.

Oxidation Number

A number assigned to an element in chemical combination which represents the number of electrons lost or gained by an atom of that element in the compound.

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