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cyberchondriac

Definition of cyberchondriac

noun

  • a person who compulsively searches the Internet for information about particular real or imagined symptoms of illness:everybody is terribly health-conscious these days—it’s no surprise that many people are becoming cyberchondriacs

Derivatives

cyberchondria

noun

Origin:

1990s: blend of cyber- and hypochondriac

cyberchondriac in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of cyberchondriac in the US English dictionary