NASA Discovers Lonely Mountain on Ceres Likely a Salty-Mud Cryovolcano. An isolated mountain near the equator of the dwarf planet Ceres resembles a volcanic dome, according to new observations from NASA's Dawn mission. Like the Lonely Mountain Erebor in J.R.R. Tolkien's mythology, Ahuna Mons on Ceres was once occupied by a dragon, but one that breathed ice, not fire.
Iatrogenesis is a common and serious hazard of hospitalization that is associated with increased patient morbidity and mortality, prolonged hospital stays, and nursing home placement, at significant cost to patients and health care organizations alike.
Autotroph. Definition. noun, plural: autotrophs. A organism capable of making nutritive organic molecules from inorganic sources via photosynthesis (involving light energy) or chemosynthesis (involving chemical energy). Supplement. Autotrophs are the producers in a food chain, such as plants on land or algae in water.Autotrophs may be photoautotrophs or chemoautotrophs. Word origin: from the Greek autos = self and trophe = nutrition. Related forms: atotrophic (adjective). Synonyms: 1  autophyte. organism capable of making nutritive organic molecules from inorganic sources via photosynthesis (involving light energy) or chemosynthesis (involving chemical energy). Supplement. Autotrophs are the producers in a food chain, such as plants on land or algae in water.