- locum tenant
- A temporary substitution of one physician by another. SYN: locum tenens. [partial anglicization of locum tenens]
Medical dictionary. 2011.
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locum tenens — SYN: locum tenant. [L. one holding a place] * * * lo·cum te·nens .lō kəm tē .nenz, nənz n, pl locum te·nen·tes ti nen .tēz a medical practitioner who temporarily takes the place of another * * * a doctor who stands in temporarily for a colleague… … Medical dictionary
locum tenens — Medieval Latin, one who holds the place (of another); from locum (nom. locus; see LOCUS (Cf. locus)) + tenens, prp. of tenere (see TENANT (Cf. tenant)) … Etymology dictionary
Locum tenens — Le terme locum tenens, ou son abréviation locum, littéralement « lieu tenant » en latin, c est à dire « personne tenant lieu de », désigne une personne habilitée à exercer une fonction, en l absence ou en l attente d un… … Wikipédia en Français
locum tenens — n. (pl. locum tenentes) a deputy acting esp. for a cleric or doctor. Derivatives: locum tenency n. Etymology: med.L, one holding a place: see LOCUS, TENANT … Useful english dictionary
tenant — Synonyms and related words: abide, addressee, artist in residence, berth, board and roomer, boarder, bunk, cohabit, denizen, domicile, domiciliate, doss down, dwell, dweller, habitant, hang out, hirer, homesteader, house detective, incumbent,… … Moby Thesaurus
locum tenens — noun /ˌləʊkəm ˈtɛnɛns/ A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another. Syn: locum, proxy, stand in See Also: locus, tenant … Wiktionary
locum tenens — [ˌləʊkəm ti:nɛnz, tɛn ] noun (plural locum tenentes tɪ nɛnti:z, tɛ ) a temporary deputy, especially one acting for a cleric or doctor. Origin C17: from med. L., lit. one holding a place (see locus, tenant) … English new terms dictionary
place — Place, f. penac. Est un lieu subdial et à descouvert sans bastimens, et se prend tantost pour le rez de chaussée, Solum. Comme quand on dit, Il n y a que la place, Solum nudum, et sine superficie. Nuda area. Et tantost pour le lieu destiné au… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
lieutenant — [14] Etymologically, a lieutenant is someone who ‘holds the place’ of another (more senior) officer – that is, deputizes for him. The word comes from French lieutenant, a compound formed from lieu ‘place’ and tenant (source of English tenant).… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
lieutenant — [14] Etymologically, a lieutenant is someone who ‘holds the place’ of another (more senior) officer – that is, deputizes for him. The word comes from French lieutenant, a compound formed from lieu ‘place’ and tenant (source of English tenant).… … Word origins
