Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at dr. google.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Dr. Google.

Examples

  • This guy goes by the name Dr. Google, and he lives not on the Front Range but in the ether of the Internet.

    coloradoan.com - Local News 2010

  • Consulting 'Dr. Google' - The quality of online information about the most common sports medicine diagnoses varies widely, according to a study published in the July 2010 issue of the

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2010

  • Consulting 'Dr. Google' - The quality of online information about the most common sports medicine diagnoses varies widely, according to a study published in the July 2010 issue of the

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2010

  • Dr. Google returned a list of brain tumor symptoms for me, the first of which made me hold my breath in fear:

    Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011

  • From the topical (Erin Byrne, Grey Healthcare on Why Dr. Google should lose his medical license) to the future (David Rowan, WIRED on How 3D printing will change your life), to the strange (Alex Jenkins, Contagious Magazine on how to moonlight as a Chilean miner without offending the world) and the humorous (Chris DiBona, Google on Dodging Reporters and Their Pesky Questions).

    Sir Martin Sorrell: WPP's Stream's Got Talent Sir Martin Sorrell 2011

  • From the topical (Erin Byrne, Grey Healthcare on Why Dr. Google should lose his medical license) to the future (David Rowan, WIRED on How 3D printing will change your life), to the strange (Alex Jenkins, Contagious Magazine on how to moonlight as a Chilean miner without offending the world) and the humorous (Chris DiBona, Google on Dodging Reporters and Their Pesky Questions).

    Sir Martin Sorrell: WPP's Stream's Got Talent Sir Martin Sorrell 2011

  • Dr. Google returned a list of brain tumor symptoms for me, the first of which made me hold my breath in fear:

    Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011

  • From the topical (Erin Byrne, Grey Healthcare on Why Dr. Google should lose his medical license) to the future (David Rowan, WIRED on How 3D printing will change your life), to the strange (Alex Jenkins, Contagious Magazine on how to moonlight as a Chilean miner without offending the world) and the humorous (Chris DiBona, Google on Dodging Reporters and Their Pesky Questions).

    Sir Martin Sorrell: WPP's Stream's Got Talent Sir Martin Sorrell 2011

  • From the topical (Erin Byrne, Grey Healthcare on Why Dr. Google should lose his medical license) to the future (David Rowan, WIRED on How 3D printing will change your life), to the strange (Alex Jenkins, Contagious Magazine on how to moonlight as a Chilean miner without offending the world) and the humorous (Chris DiBona, Google on Dodging Reporters and Their Pesky Questions).

    Sir Martin Sorrell: WPP's Stream's Got Talent Sir Martin Sorrell 2011

  • Dr. Google is a pretty good diagnostician, most people say online health info is helpful not harmful, but access is unevenly distributed.

    Participatory Medicine at PdF 2009: Can We Get a Do-Over? 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • refers to when people do a search for their medical symptoms to self diagnose, typically self diagnosing the wrong thing.

    September 16, 2016