Usually means: Abnormal connection between two organs.
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We found 47 dictionaries that define the word fistula:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. fistula: Merriam-Webster
  2. fistula: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fistula: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fistula: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fistula: Vocabulary.com
  6. Fistula, fistula: Wordnik
  7. fistula: Wiktionary
  8. fistula: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. fistula: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. fistula: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. fistula: Dictionary.com
  12. fistula: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Fistula: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Fistula: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. fistula: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. fistula: Rhymezone
  17. Fistula: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. fistula: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. fistula: FreeDictionary.org
  20. fistula: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. fistula: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. fistula: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fistula: Encyclopedia

Medicine (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. fistula: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Fistula: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Fistula: Merck Manuals
  6. Digestive Diseases Dictionary (No longer online)
  7. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Cancer Glossary (No longer online)
  9. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  10. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  11. GI Disorders (No longer online)
  12. Kidney Patient Guide Glossary (No longer online)
  13. Fistula: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  14. fistula: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  15. Fistula: The Atlas of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
  16. fistula: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  17. fistula: Medical dictionary
  18. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  19. PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY (No longer online)
  20. Fistula: Drug Medical Dictionary
  21. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. fistula: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
  2. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

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

(Note: See fistulae as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (fistula)

noun:  (medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
noun:  (rare) A tube, a pipe, or a hole.
noun:  (Christianity, historical) The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice in certain ceremonies (such as papal Masses).

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