From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishearacheear‧ache /ˈɪəreɪk $ ˈɪr-/ ●●○ noun [singular, uncountable] MIa pain inside your ear I’ve got terrible earache and a sore throat.
Examples from the Corpus
earache• So with the statement that I have an earache.• For earaches that make children irritable and hard to console, chamomilla is the best choice.• The baby was weeping in a determined, muscular, long-haul rhythm, probably from earache.• With these kind of earaches children often want to be rocked all the time, but are never satisfied.• If the earache is severe or if any earache accompanies measles.• With earache children may screech out, can not keep still with the pain and may be violently excited by it. 