Meanings
nounplantar fasciitis (uncountable)
- uncountableA painful inflammation of the plantar fascia.
She wants me to come over. / You know what that means. Do you need a condom? I carry twelve on me at all times. Three in my shoes, two in my back pocket, several in my front pocket, and one... in your ear. / You walk around with condoms in your shoes all day? / It helps my plantar fasciitis.
2018, Robia Rashid, “Penguin Cam and Chill” (23:34 from the start), in Ryan Case, director, Atypical, season 2, episode 2, spoken by Sam and Zahid (Keir Gilchrist and Nik Dodani), via Netflix
Origin
Translations
Arabic اِلْتِهَاب اللِّفَافَة الْأَخْمَصِيَّة
- اِلْتِهَاب اللِّفَافَة الْأَخْمَصِيَّة (iltihāb al-lifāfa l-ʔaḵmaṣiyya)painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
Chinese Mandarin 足底筋膜炎
- 足底筋膜炎 (zúdǐjīn móyán)painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
Finnish plantaarifaskiitti, kantapiikki
- plantaarifaskiittipainful inflammation of the plantar fascia
- kantapiikkipainful inflammation of the plantar fascia
French fasciite plantaire
- fasciite plantairepainful inflammation of the plantar fascia
German Plantarfasziitis, Fasciitis plantaris
- Plantarfasziitispainful inflammation of the plantar fascia
- Fasciitis plantarispainful inflammation of the plantar fascia
Hebrew מחלת החיתולית הכפית, דורבן
- מחלת החיתולית הכפית (makhalát hakhitulít hakapít)painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
- דורבן (dorbán)painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
Italian fasciosi plantare
- fasciosi plantarepainful inflammation of the plantar fascia
Japanese 足底筋膜炎
- 足底筋膜炎 (sokuteikin makuen)painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
Latin aponeurositis plantaris
- aponeurositis plantarispainful inflammation of the plantar fascia
Russian планта́рный фасции́т, пя́точная шпо́ра
- планта́рный фасции́т (plantárnyj fasciít)painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
- пя́точная шпо́ра (pjátočnaja špóra)painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
- подо́швенный фасции́т (podóšvennyj fasciít)painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
Spanish fascitis plantar
- fascitis plantarpainful inflammation of the plantar fascia
Swedish hälsporre
- hälsporrepainful inflammation of the plantar fascia
Turkish plantar fasiit
- plantar fasiitpainful inflammation of the plantar fascia
Cite this entry
APA
plantar fasciitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plantar%20fasciitis
MLA
“plantar fasciitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plantar%20fasciitis. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plantar fasciitis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plantar%20fasciitis.
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