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单词 computeritis
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computeritisn.

Brit. /kəmˌpjuːtəˈrʌɪtᵻs/, U.S. /kəmˌpjudəˈraɪdᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: computer n., -itis suffix.
Etymology: < computer n. + -itis suffix.
colloquial.
The excessive use of computers; the fact of being detrimentally influenced by computers. Also: illness or disability attributed to the use of computers, esp. carpal tunnel syndrome.
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1965 Bookseller 4 Dec. 2364/3 Can I ask medical dictionaries to add a new word ‘computeritis: complete seizure of the distributive arteries’?
1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 Mar. 12 He himself is a living example of computeritis; the damn machines begin to fascinate, take increasingly more of your free time and money, absorb all your energies.
1989 InfoWorld (Nexis) 1 May 51 (heading) Computeritis; who's responsible when PCs make employees sick?
2001 Hindu (Nexis) 14 Apr. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome..is nicknamed as ‘Computeritis’ because it mainly strikes many users of computer terminals all over the world.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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