backache
Americannoun
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backaches
plural
noun
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Origin of backache
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"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.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2025
The Food and Drug Administration has approved capsaicin for the topical treatment of pain from arthritis, backache, strains and sprains.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
The symptoms of premature labor can include contractions, unusual vaginal discharge, the feeling of pressure in the pelvic area, low dull backache or cramps in the uterus or abdomen.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2023
In 2021, Sickler checked in for a three-hour outpatient surgery to fix his nagging backache.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
It would not go away with aspirin^ .. and then he got a severe backache.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
But it has all been worth it, in the backaches and the 80-hour weeks and all those years of smoke stinging his eyes, all the close calls and even the heartbreaks.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2023
The other symptoms are similar to influenza, and include swollen lymph nodes, muscle aches, backaches, headaches, fever, fatigue and chills.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2022
Freya from North Yorkshire says she feels tired all the time and gets headaches, backaches and rashes and has to use a wheelchair.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2022
And they are safer than and at least as effective as opioids for arthritis pain and lower backaches.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 27, 2021
“Spots and backaches, creaky bones, make this young witch into a crone.”
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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