Cyberchondriac
//ˌsaɪbəˈkɒndɹɪæk// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A hypochondriac (“person with an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness”) who researches their potential medical condition on the Internet. Internet
"Doctors are on the alert for a new kind of victim: the cyberchondriac. With so much health information now on the Internet, thousands of people are using their computers to try to match symptoms with diseases."
Example
More examples"Doctors are on the alert for a new kind of victim: the cyberchondriac. With so much health information now on the Internet, thousands of people are using their computers to try to match symptoms with diseases."
Etymology
Blend of cyber- (prefix denoting cyberspace or the Internet, or computers more generally) + hypochondriac.
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