planta-, plant- +

(Latin: sole of the foot)


digitoplantar
A reference to the toes and the sole of the foot.
medioplantar
Referring to the middle of the sole of the foot.
plantalgia
A painful condition of the sole of the foot.
plantar
Pertaining to the sole of the foot.
plantigrade
1. Walking on the whole soles of the feet, as with a plantigrade animal.
2. Walking with the whole of the lower surface of each foot on the ground.
supplant, supplantation, supplanter
1. Literally, "To trip up one's heels, to throw down; to put under the sole of the foot, to trip up".
2. To take the place of; supersede, especially through force or plotting.
3. To remove or uproot in order to replace with something else.
supplanter
A person who supplants or something that supplants (or supersedes) a pre-existing situation.

Related "foot, feet" units: melo-; ped-; podo-; -pus.


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