Definition of Earache

1. Noun. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.

Exact synonyms: Otalgia
Generic synonyms: Ache, Aching

Definition of Earache

1. n. Ache or pain in the ear.

Definition of Earache

1. Noun. (pathology) A pain in the middle or inner ear. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Earache

1. a pain in the ear (an organ of hearing) [n -S]

Medical Definition of Earache

1. Pain in the ear. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Earache

ear shell
ear shells
ear specialist
ear tag
ear to the ground
ear trumpet
ear trumpets
ear tube surgery
ear tubes
ear tuft
ear tufts
ear tumour
ear tunnel
ear wax
earable
earache (current term)
earaches
earake
earal
earbash
earbashed
earbashes
earbob
earbobs
earbone
earbones
earbud
earbuds
earcap
earcaps

Literary usage of Earache

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1899)
"REMARKS ON OTITIS MEDIA AND earache IN LOBAR PNEUMONIA OF CHILDREN. BY 8. J. MELTZER, MD, OF NEW YORK. IN the course of the last fifteen years I have ..."

2. A Treatise on the diseases and physical education of children by John Eberle (1857)
"earache. The face became flushed, and the carotids pulsated violently, ... OF earache. WE are next to notice that troublesome affection denominated earache, ..."

3. The Care and Feeding of Children: A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and by Luther Emmett Holt (1920)
"earache •What are the symptoms of earache? The pain is generally severe and ... How should a child with earache "be treated? The ear should be irrigated ..."

4. The ABCs of Safe & Healthy Child Care: A Handbook for Child Care Providers by Cynthia M. Hale, Jacqueline A. Polder (2000)
"earache (Otitis Media) in the Child Care Setting An earache or ear infection ... A child with an earache does not need to be excluded from the child care ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1862)
"Edinb. Med. Journ., Oct. 1861, from Journal de Médecine et de Chirurgie Pratiques. September, 1861. 30. Treatment of earache. ..."

6. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1872)
"EM JJ\ ON earache.—In the October number of The Practitioner, ... He stated that earache is very common in children, that in a large proportion of them ..."

7. Health and Medical Inspection of School Children by Walter Stewart Cornell (1912)
"Diagnosis of the condition causing the earache is made by the location of the pain and swelling, by inspection of the external ear canal and tympanic ..."

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