locum
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Noun | 1. | 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/fCollins 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
(ˈləukəm) noun a person who takes the place of another (especially a doctor, dentist etc) for a time. suplente
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