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- noun A
hypochondriac whoresearches his/herpotential medical condition on theInternet .
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Although Microsoft Word still underlines it in red, googling the word cyberchondriac provides 46,800 hits, and the term cyberchondria has had its own Wikipedia entry since June, 2005.
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Although Microsoft Word still underlines it in red, googling the word cyberchondriac provides 46,800 hits, and the term cyberchondria has had its own Wikipedia entry since June, 2005.
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Although Microsoft Word still underlines it in red, googling the word cyberchondriac provides 46,800 hits, and the term cyberchondria has had its own Wikipedia entry since June, 2005.
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The term "cyberchondriac" refers to those who use the Internet to look for health-related information.
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The term "cyberchondriac" refers to those who use the Internet to look for health-related information.
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The term "cyberchondriac" refers to those who use the Internet to look for health-related information.
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The term "cyberchondriac" refers to those who use the Internet to look for health-related information.
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A "cyberchondriac" is someone who thinks they have got every disease they find on the internet, and "fauxtography" describes the art of doctoring pictures.
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But the problem is you can cross from safe surfing to cyberchondriac pretty easily.
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So what can you do if you think you're a cyberchondriac?
sionnach commented on the word cyberchondriac
a hypochondriac with access to all those fine medical and disease-related internet sites
February 16, 2008
gangerh commented on the word cyberchondriac
A particularly pleasing invention and, I think, one that will come chillingly true.
February 17, 2008
reesetee commented on the word cyberchondriac
Good one, sionnach.
February 17, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word cyberchondriac
A post-modern species of hypochondria wherein the hypochondriac imagines s/he suffers from a disease based upon symptoms and descriptions gleaned from the ubiquitous medical information on the internet.
December 31, 2008
sonofgroucho commented on the word cyberchondriac
Don't dismiss 'cyberchondriacs' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8528774.stm
February 26, 2010
johnilyn11jegz commented on the word cyberchondriac
cyberchondriac; n. a person who uses the internet for diagnosing the "disease" one might have after noticing weird symptoms.
April 9, 2012