locum
locum · locums · loca
A period working as a locum tenensA period working as a locum tenens.
/ˈləʊkəm/
Meaning
2 senses(Australia, UK, informal)A period working as a locum tenens.
(historical)A share in a Genoese trading vessel.
More definitions
- someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession
Forms
plural: locums / locaSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession:locum tenens
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.