toothache

[ tooth-eyk ]

noun

1. a pain in or about a tooth.

toothache

/ ˈtuːθˌeɪk /

noun

1. a pain in or about a tooth Technical nameodontalgia

Other Words From

• toothachy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of toothache¹

before 1050; Middle English tothache, Old English tōthæce, tōthece. See tooth, ache

Example Sentences

It was another injury—a toothache—that launched his transition into his acting.

From The Daily Beast

Menthol is used in medicine to relieve pain, as in rheumatism, neuralgia, throat affections and toothache.

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“We all think the toothache would be so much more bearable, if it were only in the other tooth,” said the Professor.

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Behold a flask of water from the holy well Zemzem, sovereign remedy for the toothache.

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My wife having strange fits of the toothache, some times on this, and by and by on that side of her tooth, which is not common.

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Toothache wore him down, though sometimes he welcomed it as a diversion from his sickness of heart.

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