backache
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈbækˌeɪk/
:
dolor de espalda
- Chronic backache can significantly affect a person's quality of life.
Like there's a lot of things that are positives, like no backaches.
- Like there's a lot of things that are positives, like no backaches.
Examples
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The most common complaints among the workers were backache, shoulder pain, and wrist or hand pain.
Academic text (2015) -
"Do you sometimes have headaches or backaches after a difficult day?"
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The main complaint was backache.
Academic text (2007) -
When you experience any backache, position your sides and hips at about 90 degrees.
Blog text (32) -
Most of our patients presented late: fifteen months after the onset of backache.
Academic text (2007) -
In most cases, lower backache occurs due to damage or overexertion of certain ligaments in the spine.
Blog text (34) -
I've got a backache.
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On the morning of their appointment, Schiller woke alone, with a howling backache from the too-soft mattress of his hotel room.
Fiction book (1998) -
She often suffers from backache after sitting at her desk for long hours.
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Many people experience backache after heavy lifting or poor posture.
Synonyms
2
8.4
Pain in the lower back that comes from muscle strain or bad posture
Pain in the lower back that often comes from muscle strain or injury
A pain in the back muscles that comes after lifting or sudden movement
Antonyms
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Backache is made of back and ache, where ache means 'pain', just like in headache or toothache. So backache is simply a pain in the back that stays or keeps coming.