gork

Meanings

1. A terminal patient whose brain is nonfunctional and the rest of whose body can be kept functioning only by the extensive use of mechanical devices and nutrient solutions.
2. A stuporous or imbecilic patient; a patient who has lost brain function.
3. A despised person; dork, geek, jerk.

1. To sedate a patient heavily.

Etymology

1970–75; perhaps back-formation from gorked (slang), meaning "anesthetized"; apparently an expressive coinage.