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Plantar

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Having to do with the sole of the foot.</P> The plantar response (also known as the Babinski reflex) is elicited by stroking the sole.

The plantar fascia is the 'bowstring-like' tissue stretching from the heel beneath the sole.

A plantar wart is a wart on the sole.</P> The word 'plantar' comes from the Latin 'planta' meaning, not too surprisingly, 'the sole of the foot.'

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