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plantar fasciitis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A painful inflammation of the plantar fascia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

From plantar fascia + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِلْتِهَاب اللِّفَافَة الْأَخْمَصِيَّة (iltihāb al-lifāfa l-ʔaḵmaṣiyya) — painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 足底筋膜炎 (zúdǐjīn móyán) — painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
  • Finnish: plantaarifaskiitti — painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
  • Finnish: kantapiikki — painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
  • French: fasciite plantaire — painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
  • German: Plantarfasziitis — painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
  • German: Fasciitis plantaris — painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
  • Italian: fasciosi plantare — painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
  • Japanese: 足底筋膜炎 (sokuteikin makuen) — painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
  • Latin: aponeurositis plantaris — painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
  • Russian: планта́рный фасции́т (plantárnyj fasciít) — painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
  • Russian: пя́точная шпо́ра (pjátočnaja špóra) — painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
  • Russian: подо́швенный фасции́т (podóšvennyj fasciít) — painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
  • Spanish: fascitis plantar — painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
  • Swedish: hälsporre — painful inflammation of the plantar fascia
  • Turkish: plantar fasiit — painful inflammation of the plantar fascia