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单词 cyberchondria
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cyberchondria


cyberchondria

(ˌsaɪbəˈkɒndrɪə) n (Psychiatry) unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites[c21: from cyber(space) + (hypo)chondria] ˌcyberˈchondriˌac n, adj

cyberchondria


cyberchondria

(CYBER hypoCHONDRIA) A condition that people have when they continuously look up medical advice on the Web for every pain and ache. There is so much medical information available, and it is so easy to jump from one article to another that one can easily find a horrid disease for every symptom. See information overload.

cyberchondria


cy·ber·chon·dri·a

(si'bĕr-kon'drē-ă), The false belief that one is suffering from a disease that was learned about on the Internet or on a specific Website. [cybernetics, fr. G. kybernētikos, skilled in governing or piloting, + [hypo]chondria]
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