locum

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Noun1.locum - someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession
backup man, fill-in, reliever, stand-in, backup, substitute, relief - someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"
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locum

[ˈləʊkəm] N (also locum tenens) (Brit) (frm) → interino/a m/f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

locum

[ˈləʊkəm] n (= doctor) → médecin mf suppléant
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

locum (tenens)

n (Brit) → Vertreter(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

locum

[ˈləʊkəm] n (doctor) → medico sostituto; (priest) → vicario
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

locum

(ˈləukəm) noun
a person who takes the place of another (especially a doctor, dentist etc) for a time. suplente
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
References in classic literature ?
She explained that her husband was a curate, a good deal older than herself, who had difficulty in getting permanent work since vicars wanted young men to assist them; he earned a little now and then by doing locums when someone took a holiday or fell ill, and a charitable institution gave them a small pension; but her life was lonely, it would be something to do to look after a child, and the few shillings a week paid for it would help her to keep things going.
“He was reared in the family of my grandfather; served him for many years during their campaigns at the West, where he became attached to the woods; and he was left here as a kind of locum tenens on the lands that old Mohegan (whose life my grandfather once saved) induced the Delawares to grant to him when they admitted him as an honorary member of their tribe.
The initials L.S., commonly appended to signatures of legal documents, mean locum sigillis , the place of the seal, although the seal is no longer used -- an admirable example of conservatism distinguishing Man from the beasts that perish.
"You must remember," said Summerlee, sourly, "that I have a large class in London who are at present at the mercy of an extremely inefficient locum tenens.
Wigan hospital trust has blamed ongoing "recruitment challenges" for rocketing spending on medical locums, with figures revealing a [pounds sterling]1.2m increase in spending in just 12 months.
"We're at the mercy of the people who set the prices, and until there is a national conversation around the pricing of locums, we have to pay.
Latest figures from the Scottish Government's Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland show that for financial year 2017/18, NHS Dumfries and Galloway spent more than PS10.5m on agency locums across the region.
The Johnson & Johnson Vision-led session is designed to help locums identify patients with dry eye and consider the appropriate contact lens and management options.
Five health boards out of 14 - including Greater Glasgow & Clyde and Lothian - did not provide information requested about locums, although Glasgow admitted out-of-hours locums can charge more than PS100 an hour.
M2 EQUITYBITES-June 1, 2018-Aya Healthcare Acquires Staffing Firm Locums Unlimited
This farce has arisen because they wish to treat all locums as employees - even though the local boy has been self-employed for more than 40 years, and HMRC agree that he still is.