earache

[ eer-eyk ]

/ ˈɪərˌeɪk /

pain in the ear; otalgia.

Origin of earache

First recorded in 1650–60; ear¹ + ache

An earache in a child with a perfectly normal exam is more difficult to figure out than one with a bulging and inflamed eardrum.

DEA's Painkiller Crackdown Too Little, Too Late? |Russell Saunders |August 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Tell me, Lamp-Wick, dear friend, have you ever suffered from an earache?

The Adventures of Pinocchio |C. Collodi--Pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini
They "made believe" days and nights, and measles and whooping cough, and earache and sore throat.

A Little Girl in Old New York |Amanda Millie Douglas
If there is earache, rapid breathing, great weakness or sleepiness the doctor should be called at once.

Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts |Girl Scouts

Earache is simply the pain due to acute inflammation in the small drum-cavity of the ear.

Preventable Diseases |Woods Hutchinson
If you rode twelve mile with Emulous, you must have had an earache for the last six.

Keziah Coffin |Joseph C. Lincoln

earache

/ (ˈɪərˌeɪk) /

pain in the middle or inner ear Technical name: otalgia Compare otitis

earache

[ îr′āk′ ]

Pain in the ear; otalgia.