Topic: NURSES, DOCTORS, ETC
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| Date: | 1900-2000 |
| Origin: | locum tenens 'someone who takes someone else's place for a time' C17- 21), from Latin, 'holding the place' |
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lo‧cum
[countable] British English
[countable] British EnglishMN a doctor or priest who does another doctor's or priest's work while they are on holiday, ill etc
