cyberchondriac
Syllables: cy·ber·chon·dri·ac/ˌsaɪbəˈkɒndɹɪæk/US/ˌsaɪbəɹˈkɑndɹiˌæk/
cyberchondriac noun: a hypochondriac (“person with an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness”) who researches their potential medical condition on the Internet.
Noun
cyberchondriac (plural cyberchondriacs)
- A hypochondriac (“person with an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness”) who researches their potential medical condition on the 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.1998 June 27, Roger Dobson, “Doctors warn the cybersick”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2022
- The growth of the Internet—arguably the fastest-growing new technology in history—has generated explosive growth of people who search the Web for healthcare information related to specific diseases. We call these people "cyberchondriacs." […] The diseases that generate the greatest use of the Web...1999 March 4, Louis Harris, “Harris survey: New breed of ‘cyberchondriacs’”, in John A. Jones, editor, Johnson City Press, volume 79, number 206, Johnson City, Tenn.: Sandusky Newspaper Group, →OCLC...
cyberchondriac meaning in Tamil
cyberchondriac in Tamil
- நோய்க்குறி அஞ்சுநர்
Examples of cyberchondriac in a sentence
- Faced with the printout-wielding patient or ‘cyberchondriac’, it is tempting to take the view that the Internet is the spawn of the Devil.2006, Alan Gillies, “Informatics Can Empower Patients”, in The Clinician’s Guide to Surviving IT, Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Radcliffe...
- None of them carried news of research into his condition, but there was enough for any cyberchondriac to get his mind around.2006, S[aif] Rahman, “Baltic Balti”, in Down to a Sunset Sea, [London]: Twenty First Century Publishers, →ISBN, page 84:
- Word Watch: Cyberchondriac [title] Definition: A person who's convinced he or she has a particular medical condition based on information found on the Internet.[2007 November, “Word Watch: Cyberchondriac”, in Will Smith, editor, Maximum PC, San Francisco, Calif.: Future US, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14:
- An article in the April 2012 issue of ‘Psychological Science’ suggested that the irrational tendency at work in the brains of cyberchondriacs is the same as that in the brains of gamblers.2012 November 14, Lisa Jewell, “Are you a cyberchondriac?”, in Irish Independent, Dublin: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
Forms of cyberchondriac
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Origin of cyberchondriac
Blend of cyber- (prefix denoting cyberspace or the Internet, or computers more generally) + hypochondriac, equivalent to cyberchondria + -ac.
Questions about cyberchondriac
- What does cyberchondriac mean?
- Cyberchondriac means a hypochondriac (“person with an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness”) who researches their potential medical condition on the Internet.
- What is cyberchondriac in Tamil?
- Cyberchondriac in Tamil is நோய்க்குறி அஞ்சுநர். See Cyberchondriac meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use cyberchondriac in a sentence?
- Faced with the printout-wielding patient or ‘cyberchondriac’, it is tempting to take the view that the Internet is the spawn of the Devil.
- What part of speech is cyberchondriac?
- Cyberchondriac is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cyberchondriac?
- Cyberchondriac is pronounced /ˌsaɪbəˈkɒndɹɪæk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cyberchondriac?
- The plural of cyberchondriac is cyberchondriacs.
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