Review Of Locum Tenens Meaning References. Someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession. One filling an office for a time or temporarily taking.

See synonyms for locum tenens on thesaurus.com. Roughly 6% of us physicians — or about 52,000 of them — chose to work this way. Web a person, especially a physician or cleric, who substitutes temporarily for another.