earache
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noun
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Origin of earache
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As part of the Pharmacy First scheme, pharmacists can currently prescribe medication for a sore throat, earache, sinusitis, shingles, impetigo, infected bites and urinary tract infections.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Antibiotic use is driven largely by common colds, which produce secondary bacterial things like sore throat, earache, nasal congestion, sinusitis.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2025
One takeaway, Nittrouer says, is for parents, physicians, and speech pathologists to continue monitoring children long after the last preschool earache fades away.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
Vrabel told reporters Sunday he had tested positive and was in quarantine with a sore throat and a bit of an earache.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
It seemed that with the fickleness of a child’s earache, Barack’s three years of work in the state senate had been all but wiped away.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
These plants—in the form of ointments, potions, or burning smoke—were prescribed for everything from earaches and toothaches to flatulence and “pains of the womb.”
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 7, 2024
Treatments for seven conditions such as sore throats and earaches are now available directly from pharmacists, without the need to visit a doctor.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2024
Though potentially heard as background in the acoustic landscape, it can trigger earaches, respiratory impairment, irritability, and other long-term adverse effects.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023
Week after week, 13-year-old Ami Korn holed up in his Tarzana bedroom with his dog, Barley, to quarantine after testing positive for the coronavirus, waiting for the nagging headache and earaches to dissipate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
“When he was little, he’d get these real bad earaches, and he said she’d blow in his ears to make the pain go away.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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