self-diagnose

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ diagnose.

Verb

self-diagnose (third-person singular simple present self-diagnoses, present participle self-diagnosing, simple past and past participle self-diagnosed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To attempt to identify a medical condition in oneself without consulting a medical practitioner.
   • 2011 July 15, Dakshana Bascaramurty, “I had never vomited. Ever.”, in The Globe and Mail‎^[1]:

     Ignorant about vomiting before the incident, I was now terrified of it. I self-diagnosed myself with emetophobia – fear of vomiting.

   • 2018 October 8, Nicola Davis, “Cyberchondria and cyberhoarding: is internet fuelling new conditions?”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Among the issues they are hoping to explore are cyberhoarding—reluctance to delete information gathered online—and cyberchondria—compulsively using search engines and websites in the hope of finding reassurance about medical fears, only to self-diagnose further ailments.

2. (transitive, intransitive) Of a system, to identify problems within itself.

Derived terms

• self-diagnoser