toothache

[ tooth-eyk ]

/ ˈtuθˌeɪk /

a pain in or about a tooth.

Origin of toothache

before 1050; Middle English tothache, Old English tōthæce, tōthece. See tooth, ache

tooth·ach·y, adjective

It was another injury—a toothache—that launched his transition into his acting.

Nolan Gerard Funk Romances Lindsay Lohan in ‘The Canyons’ |Kevin Fallon |July 31, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Their teeth are excellent, toothache being almost unknown in their tents.

Through the Heart of Patagonia |H. Hesketh Prichard
Sister Agatha came with me, but she had the toothache, and had to go back.

The House of Martha |Frank R. Stockton
Miracles were worked at his tomb, and crowds flocked to it with offerings, especially such as were afflicted with toothache.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells |Percy Dearmer

A few months in my hospital and hell be jumping round here like a frog with the toothache.

Maida's Little Shop |Inez Haynes Irwin
Yes, she'll be drowned, and you'll have the toothache, and I'll come in the middle of the night and wake you.

The Golden Scarecrow |Hugh Walpole

toothache

/ (ˈtuːθˌeɪk) /

a pain in or about a tooth Technical name: odontalgia

toothache

[ tōōth′āk′ ]

An aching pain in or near a tooth. dentalgia odontalgia