plantar

[ plan-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Anatomy, Zoology.

plantar

/ ˈplæntə /

of, relating to, or occurring on the sole of the foot or a corresponding part
plantar warts

Origin of plantar¹

1700–10; < Latin plantāris, equivalent to plant ( a ) sole of the foot + -āris -ar ¹

Origin of plantar¹

C18: from Latin plantāris, from planta sole of the foot

Without the aid of the eyes, walking is impossible to those suffering from plantar anæsthesia.

As a limited eruption it is most frequently seen on the palms and soles—the palmar and plantar syphiloderm.

On reaching the posterior border of the navicular bone it widens out to form the plantar aponeurosis.

The apex is fixed into the plantar surface of the os pedis, in front of its semilunar ridge.

The inferior border is attached in front to the basilar and retrossal processes, behind which it blends with the plantar cushion.

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