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ˈgoʊ mərgomer
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Wiktionary
GOMERnoun
An undesirable patient or a patient who does not need medical care.
That patient is a total GOMER, turf him and let's get some lunch.
gomernoun
A Hebrew measure of dry weight.
gomernoun
A conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars.
Etymology: An acronym that stands for "Get Out of My ER". The term was popularized by the 1978 novel The House of God by Samuel Shem (pen-name of Stephen Bergman). In this book, the word is applied to patients who are frequently admitted with complicated but uninspiring and incurable conditions.
Webster Dictionary
Gomernoun
a Hebrew measure. See Homer
Gomernoun
a conical chamber at the breech of the bore in heavy ordnance, especially in mortars; -- named after the inventor
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GOMER
GOMER is medical slang for a patient in a hospital who is demented or bordering on death, hence taking up room unnecessarily in the hospital. Doctors and nurses may feel that, past a certain level of degeneracy, providing life-prolonging treatments is no longer sensible, and that they should simply be allowed to die in peace.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
gomer
A particular form of chamber in ordnance, consisting in a conical narrowing of the bore towards its inner end. It was first devised for the service of mortars, and named after the inventor, Gomer, in the late wars.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
GOMER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gomer is ranked #20512 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Gomer surname appeared 1,293 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gomer.
80.4% or 1,040 total occurrences were White.
10.6% or 137 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
5.4% or 71 total occurrences were Black.
2.6% or 34 total occurrences were Asian.
0.8% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gomer in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gomer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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