earache

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This is greatly the case with earache, which is a trouble of the nerves of the ear--not those of hearing, but the ordinary nerves supplying the part.

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  • He smiled a poor wan smile If you think one dare disturb a doctor or a warder for an earache, you don't know much about a prison; you would pay for it. —  Oscar Wilde, Volume 2
  • However, the thick layer of foam padding on the ear cups and headband means that wearing a Tritton headset all day will not result in a splitting earache -- on the contrary, we found that they were remarkably comfortable throughout our testing, which included a pair of marathon 6-hour gaming sessions. —  Inside Mac Games
  • "If a child wakes up in the middle of the night with an earache, the parents may think that is an emergency," Hyman said. —  The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front
  • But if the earache is left untreated, it can become an emergency. —  The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front
  • Clytie suffered from earache, and couldn't motor without a veil; as for Venus, it's giving her the vote that's forced a moustache; she's sent for a safety-razor, but it hasn't arrived yet More girls had come in during Diana's explanation, and they wandered round the room in explosions of laughter Why has Perseus got a turban on?" —  A harum-scarum schoolgirl
 

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/ˈireɪk/
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