gork

[ gawrk ]

/ gɔrk /

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noun Medicine/Medical Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.

a patient whose brain has suffered severe and irreversible damage and whose vital functions are being maintained by artificial means.

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Origin of gork

First recorded in 1970–75; perhaps back formation from gorked (slang) anesthetized; apparently an expressive coinage

Words nearby gork

go right through one, gorilla, gorillagram, goring, Gorizia, gork, Gorki, Gorky, Gorlin syndrome, Görlitz, Gorlovka