For example some species of baleen whale such as the humpback whale are very solitary and spend much of their lives alone which makes them much less social than other groups of Cetacea such as the killer whale (the largest of the dolphin species) which often travels in groups or pods of up to 30 or more.
a combining form meaning âhealer,â âmedicine,â âhealing,â used in the formation of compound words: iatrogenic. Origin of iatro-. < Greek, combining form of iÄtrÃ³s healer, equivalent to iÃ¢(sthai) to heal + -tros noun suffix. Word Origin and History for iatro-.
Combining forms are similar to affixes but can have a bit more lexical substance to them. Unlike affixes, combining forms are substantial enough to form a word simply by connecting to an affix, such as when the combining form cephal-joins with the suffix -ic to form cephalic.