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LITHOTRIPSY
Definition of LITHOTRIPSY
noun
A treatment, typically using ultrasound shock waves or crushing with a surgical instrument, by which a kidney stone or similar calculus is broken into particles small enough to be voided or washed out.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From litho- (“relating to a stone or calculus”) + Ancient Greek τρῖψῐς (trîpsĭs, “rubbing, friction”) + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LITHOTRIPSY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LITHOTRIPSY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HIILOPRSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.
Words that start LITHOTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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