Cyberchondria

//ˌsaɪbə(ɹ)ˈkɒndɹi.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Anxiety concerning one's health, caused by visiting medical websites. uncountable

    "[Sam] Altman’s mother, a dermatologist named Connie Gibstine, told me, “Sam does keep an awful lot tied up inside. He’ll call and say he has a headache—and he’ll have Googled it, so there’s some cyber-chondria in there, too."

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compucondria

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"[Sam] Altman’s mother, a dermatologist named Connie Gibstine, told me, “Sam does keep an awful lot tied up inside. He’ll call and say he has a headache—and he’ll have Googled it, so there’s some cyber-chondria in there, too."

Etymology

Blend of cyber- + hypochondria.

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