The term "cyberchondria" is a portmanteau neologism derived from the terms cyber- and hypochondria. A cyberchondriac is one who imagines that he is ill, having just read about the symptoms on the Internet.

　　“Cyberchondria”是“网络”和“臆想病”混合而成的新词。上网自诊狂是指看了网上的症状后想象自己病了的人。

　　A study by researchers at Microsoft analyzed masses of health-related Internet searches and found that nearly 40 percent of people experience greater anxiety after researching their symptoms than they did at the outset.

　　微软研究人员近日进行一项人们对健康相关网络搜索的调查，结果发现近40%的人在搜索症状后比未搜索前要更加忧虑。

　　"The Web has the potential to increase the anxieties of people who have little or no medical training, especially when Web search is employed as a diagnostic procedure," researchers said.

　　研究人员表示，对没有或仅接受过很少的医疗训练的人来说，网络很可能加剧他们的忧虑，尤其当网络搜索被用来判断病情时。

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