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backache

[ bak-eyk ]

noun

  1. a pain, especially in the lumbar region of the back, usually caused by the strain of a muscle or ligament.


backache

/ ˈ²úæ°ìËŒ±ðɪ°ì /

noun

  1. an ache or pain in one's back
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of backache1

First recorded in 1595–1605; back 1 + ache
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Example Sentences

"I thought I had just slept funny on a sun lounger, I was hoping to go paragliding but because of my backache I couldn't go," he says.

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Vickers also smoked some cannabis, something he regularly did to ease backache caused by his manual job in a factory, Ms Hall says.

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Sangeeta, who goes by one name, is overwhelmed every day as she juggles work, household chores and childcare while enduring severe hot flashes, fatigue, insomnia, backache and abdominal pain.

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Fergison told OK! that she visited her GP after she began spotting blood and having backache.

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The Food and Drug Administration has approved capsaicin for the topical treatment of pain from arthritis, backache, strains and sprains.

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