locum tenens
/ˌləʊkəmˈtiːnɛnz
/ /ˌləʊkəmˈtɛnɛnz/noun (plural locum tenentes /tɪˈnɛntiːz/ /tɛ-/)
Full form of locum.On return home, she worked four months as a locum tenens, filling in for a solo practitioner on maternity leave....
- I'm a locum tenens; I don't get health insurance because I'm an independent contractor.
- Freud trained as a neurologist and had little psychiatric experience, having worked only briefly as a locum tenens in a mental hospital.
Derivatives
locum tenency
- One year later Ellen accepted a locum tenency at Mitchell at a time when the State was gripped by drought and the pneumonic influenza epidemic.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin, literally 'one holding a place' (see locus, tenant).