Usually means: Breaking kidney stones using waves.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. lithotripsy: Merriam-Webster
  2. lithotripsy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lithotripsy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lithotripsy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lithotripsy: Wordnik
  6. lithotripsy: Wiktionary
  7. lithotripsy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. lithotripsy: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. lithotripsy: Dictionary.com
  10. Lithotripsy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Lithotripsy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. lithotripsy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Lithotripsy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. lithotripsy: FreeDictionary.org
  15. lithotripsy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lithotripsy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. lithotripsy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Lithotripsy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Lithotripsy: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  8. Lithotripsy: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  9. lithotripsy: Medical dictionary
  10. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  11. Lithotripsy: Drug Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lithotripsy: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lithotripsy)

noun:  (surgery) 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.

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