plantar, a. Anat.
(ˈplæntə(r))
[ad. L. plantāris adj., f. planta sole of the foot.]
Pertaining or relating to the sole of the foot.
| 1706 Phillips, Plantar, belonging to the Sole of the Foot. 1741 A. Monro Anat. Nerves (ed. 3) 69 The two plantar Nerves. 1831 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) III. 10/2 It is well known that the horse supports himself on the plantar surface of the coffin bone only. 1872 Humphry Myology 18 The dorsal and plantar aspects of the limb. 1951 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 507/1 ‘You've been grousing for months about the corn you picked up last tour, foot-slogging round Masailand.’.. ‘It's not a corn, it's a plantar wart,’ I said indignantly. 1976 Muir's Text-bk. Path. (ed. 10) 985 The histology of the vulgar wart usually seen on the hands and knees is essentially similar to the plantar wart found on the soles of the feet. |