gomere

plural gomeres

1. derogatoryrareslangA female gomer; a female hospital patient who is unpleasant to treat or who does not respond to treatment.

   Ina Goober, whom I admitted six times last year. A gomer, or rather, the feminine, gomere.

   1978, Samuel Shem, The House of God, page 38

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   "Did you buff that gomere?" "Sure thing, I buffed her, and they turfed her to urology, but she bounced back to me!"

   1996, Jeffrey E. Nash, James M. Calonico, The Meaning of Social Interaction: An Introduction to Social Psychology, page 139

   It was called the Rose Room because for some strange reason the four beds were always occupied by gomeres named Rose. In fact, one of them, my patient, was named Rose Budz.

   2019, Samuel Shem, Man's 4th Best Hospital, page 178