locum+tenens
21locum tenens — /lowkam tiynanz/°tenV. Lat. Holding the place, a deputy, substitute, lieutenant, or representative …
22locum te|nens — «TEE nuhnz», plural locum te|nen|tes «tuh NEHN teez», a person temporarily holding the place or office of another; deputy; substitute: »There s this locum tenens I was going to take up in the North (A. S. M. Hutchinson). ╂[< Medieval Latin… …
23Locum — Locum, short for the Latin phrase locum tenens (lit. place holder, akin to lieutenant ), is a person who temporarily fulfills the duties of another. For example, a Locum doctor is a doctor who works in the place of the regular doctor when that… …
24locum — (also locum tenens) ► NOUN ▪ a doctor or cleric standing in for another who is temporarily away. ORIGIN from Latin locum tenens one holding a place …
25tenens — tenens, tenentes see LOCUM TENENS …
26locum — the term for ‘a deputy standing in for a doctor or cleric’ is pronounced loh kǝm, and the plural is locums. The word is short for locum tenens ‘one holding the place’, which is occasionally used in more formal contexts. The plural of the full… …
27locum te|nen|cy — «TEE nuhn see», plural locum te|nen|cies. 1. the office of employment of a locum tenens. 2. the holding of a place by temporary substitution …
28locum-tenency — ˈtēnənsē, ˈtenə noun ( es) Etymology: Medieval Latin locum tenentia, from locum tenent , locum tenens + Latin ia y : the position or duties of a locum tenens …
29locum tenant — A temporary substitution of one physician by another. SYN: locum tenens. [partial anglicization of locum tenens] …
30locum — noun Date: 1901 chiefly British locum tenens …
