Usually means: Medical procedures to break stones.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word lithotripsies:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. lithotripsies: Merriam-Webster
  2. lithotripsies: Wiktionary
  3. lithotripsies: Dictionary.com
  4. lithotripsies: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lithotripsies: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. lithotripsies: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. lithotripsies: Medical dictionary

(Note: See lithotripsy as well.)

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.
▸ Also see lithotripsy


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