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backache [noun]
US /ˈbæk.eɪk/ 
UK /ˈbæk.eɪk/ 
Example: 

She often suffers from backache.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

backache

backache /ˈbækeɪk/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]
a pain in your back

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

backache

back·ache [backache backaches]   [ˈbækeɪk]    [ˈbækeɪk]  noun uncountable, countable
a continuous pain in the back: (BrE) to have backache/a backache

(NAmE) to have a backache

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

backache / ˈbæk.eɪk / noun [ C or U ]

B1 a pain in your back:

Gardening gives me such backache.

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

backache

/bækeɪk/
(backaches)

Backache is a dull pain in your back.

N-VAR

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

backache

back·ache /ˈbækˌeɪk/ noun, pl -aches : pain in the back

[count]

• She has/gets frequent backaches.

[noncount]

• a patient suffering from backache
• (Brit) She has/gets frequent backache.