plantigrade
(redirected from Plantigrade locomotion)Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia.
Related to Plantigrade locomotion: Digitigrade locomotion
plantigrade
[plan´tĭ-grād]walking or running flat on the full sole of the foot; characteristic of humans and of such quadrupeds as the bear.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
plan·ti·grade
(plan'ti-grād),Walking with the entire sole and heel of the foot on the ground, as do humans and bears.
[L. planta, sole, + gradior, to walk]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
plantigrade
(plăn′tĭ-grād′)adj.
Walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground, as humans, bears, raccoons, and rabbits do.
plan′ti·grade′ n.
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
plantigrade
adjective Referring to movement by a terrestrial vertebrate (e.g., humans, rodents, rabbits and kangaroos) in which the entire foot—podials and metatarsals—maintains contact with flat surfaces when ambulating.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
plan·ti·grade
(plan'ti-grād)Walking with the entire sole and heel of the foot on the ground, as humans and bears do.
[L. planta, sole, + gradior, to walk]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
plantigrade
walking on the entire sole of the foot, as in humans and bears.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005