PLANTAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plantar mean? 

• PLANTAR (adjective)
  The adjective PLANTAR has 1 sense:

1. relating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot

  Familiarity information: PLANTAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLANTAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or occurring on the undersurface of the foot

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

plantar warts can be very painful

Pertainym:

sole (the underside of the foot)

 Context examples 

A superficial fibromatosis arising from soft tissue of the plantar regions.

(Plantar Fibromatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the four dorsal or four plantar arteries that arise from the dorsalis pedis artery that extend over the metatarsal bones.

(Metatarsal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

This term may refer to the medial plantar nerve or lateral plantar nerve, both of which originate from the tibial nerve.

(Plantar Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

Its action involves the plantar flexion of the foot.

(Gastrocnemius Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

A form of melanoma occurring most often on the plantar, palmar, subungual, and periungual skin.

(Acral Lentiginous Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Painful red or pink edematous nodules most commonly found on the palmar and/or plantar regions.

(Neutrophilic Eccrine Hidradenitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Two sets of interossei muscles (dorsal and plantar) that run along the metatarsal bones in the foot controlling the movement of the toes.

(Foot Interosseous Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

Hyperhidrosis appears to play a role in the development of certain mucocutaneous reactions, such as palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia (PPE), upon administration of chemotherapeutic agents such as doxorubicin, 5-fluorouracil, and capecitabine.

(Antiperspirant Cream F511, NCI Thesaurus)

The following arterial branches originate from the dorsalis pedis artery: the arcuate artery of the foot and deep plantar artery.

(Dorsalis Pedis Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Reddening of the palmar and plantar regions of the body with occasional involvement of the distal extremities.

(Acral Erythema, NCI Thesaurus)