plantar fascia
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of plantar fascia
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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She missed the final group game of the T20 World Cup in 2024 and was unavailable for their semi-final loss to South Africa with a plantar fascia issue.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025
Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert was diagnosed with an injury to the plantar fascia in his right foot and will need to wear a boot for a couple of weeks.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024
The team announced that quarterback Justin Herbert was diagnosed with an injury to the plantar fascia in his right foot.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024
Though Carroll referred to the injury as plantar fascia, he said Peters was “moving around all right.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023
The new man is at first so bewildered, that it would take but little extra excitement to render him perfectly unconscious as to the probability of his standing upon his occipito-frontalis or plantar fascia.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 16, 1841 by Various
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