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
As the franchise’s most important player, Herbert missed a significant portion of training camp with a plantar fascia injury but stated the injury had fully healed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2024
The Chargers quarterback, who was diagnosed on July 30 with a plantar fascia injury in his right foot, was spotted Thursday walking without the protective device.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 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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