See him/her gomerality is an education they just haven't found yet
by Fog June 14, 2003
Medical slang for a patient who "has lost--often through age--what goes into being a human being" (quote from Samuel Shem's "The House Of God"). Typically an old demented noncommunicative patient. Stands for "Get Out Of My Emergency Room".
by Dr. Joe August 10, 2004
by Rory O'Doul October 02, 2018
Origin, hospital emergency room slang for extremely old, Alzheimer's ridden, mute, sick people. GOMER is an acronym for "Get Out of My Emergency Room." In the novel "House of God" (Samuel Shem, 1978) GOMERS are defined essentially as sickly old people who now because of dementia have lost whatever quality it is that makes someone a person. When GOMERS come into the hospital they are unable to communicate so the admitting doctor will order many, many, lab tests hoping to discover why the GOMER was sent to the hospital. GOMERS never come to the hospital, they are only sent. This battery of tests is sometimes called a "Gomer-Gram."
That gomer down in room 13 just fell trying to climb out of bed and now he's bleeding all over my floor.
by Rockeye April 19, 2006
by Rory O'Doul August 16, 2018
1. a stupid oaf, a social reject
2. a patient unwelcome in a hospital(supposedly standing for get out of my emergency room)
2. a patient unwelcome in a hospital(supposedly standing for get out of my emergency room)
by Light Joker January 22, 2005
An old person that takes up room in the hospital and doesn't have the common decency to die.
Definition taken from an episode of Scrubs.
Definition taken from an episode of Scrubs.
Dr. Cox: Oh! Looky here! Tell me sir, what is it that brings Dr. Dorians favorite gomer back to the hospital?
Gomer: Pickles!
Gomer: Pickles!
by Gidgidonihah November 13, 2006