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Medical Term:

cyberchondria

Pronunciation: si′bĕr-kon′drē-ă

Definition: 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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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
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