gork

gork [gawrk] Word Origin noun Medicine/Medical Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.

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

Origin of gork First recorded in 1970–75; perhaps back formation from gorked (slang) anesthetized; apparently an expressive coinage Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019