Backache

Definition: Backache

Backache

Noun

1. An ache localized in the back.

Date "backache" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1917. (references)

Synonym: Backache

Synonym: Pain. (additional references)

Crosswords: Backache

English words defined with "backache": lumbago. (references)

Specialty definitions using "backache": Aches ♦ SPATHODEA CAMPANULATA. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You make my backache. (Curly Top; writing credit: Arthur J. Beckhard; Patterson McNutt)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Backache (reference) Backache Relief: The Ultimate Second Opinion from Back-Pain Sufferers Nationwide Who Share Their Successful Healing Experiences (reference) Bye Bye Backache (reference) Goodbye Backache (reference) Macnab's Backache (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Shaker Soothing Plasters : Good For Backache.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		A. The principal symptoms of dengue are high fever, severe headache, backache, joint pains, nausea and vomiting, eye pain, and rash. Generally, younger children have a milder illness than older children and adults. (references)
		Common features of Cushing's syndrome include upper body obesity, severe fatigue and muscle weakness, high blood pressure, backache, elevated blood sugar, easy bruising, and bluish-red stretch marks on the skin. In women, there may be increased growth of facial and body hair, and menstrual periods may become irregular or stop completely. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Backache" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Backache" is used about 65 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	65	41,645

Expressions using "backache": Backache Maximum Strength Relief ♦ Bayer Select Maximum Strength Backache ♦ Momentum Muscular Backache Formula ♦ Nuprin Backache. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "backache"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		dhimbje shpine, dhimbje e kurrizit. (various references)

Bulgarian		лумбаго (lumbago), болки в кръста. (various references)

Chinese		腰疼. (various references)

Czech		bolest zad. (various references)

Farsi		پشت درد (Lumbago), کمردرد. (various references)

French		mal de reins, lombalgie. (various references)

German		rückenschmerzen. (various references)

Greek		πόνοσ στη μέση, οσφυαλγία (lumbago). (various references)

Hungarian		hátfájás. (various references)

Indonesian		sakit punggung. (various references)

Italian		mal di schiena. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		背中の痛み . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		せなかのいたみ. (various references)

Manx		guin drommey, chingys ghrommey. (various references)

Pig Latin		ackachebay.(various references)

Portuguese		dor lombar. (various references)

Romanian		durere de sale sau de mijloc. (various references)

Russian		боль в спине. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bol u leđima. (various references)

Spanish		dolor de espalda. (various references)

Swedish		ryggsmärtor. (various references)

Thai		อาการปว�"หลัง. (various references)

Turkish		bel ağrısı (lumbago). (various references)

Ukranian		біль у попереку. (various references)

Vietnamese		chứng đau lưng. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "backache": backaches. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Backache" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bacalhau, Bacciochi, Bakschev, Bankchek, Bicknacre, Bisakha, buzkashi, Naccache. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "backache" (pronounced ba"kā'k)
3	-k ā' k	cheesecake, cupcake, fruitcake, hotcake, pancake, shortcake.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-e-h-k"
	-2 letters: baccae.
	-3 letters: aback, bacca, beach, cache, caeca, check, hacek.
	-4 letters: ache, bach, back, bake, beak, beck, caca, cake, ceca, each, hack, hake, heck.
	-5 letters: aah, aba, ace, aha, baa, bah, cab, hae, kab, kae, kea.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-c-e-h-k"
	+1 letter: backaches.
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