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Locum vs Locus - What's the difference?

locum | locus |

As nouns the difference between locum and locus

is that locum is abbreviated form of locum tenens while locus is a place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.

locum

English

(wikipedia locum)

Noun

(locums)The Chambers Dictionary (1998)
  • (British, informal) Abbreviated form of .The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition]
  • * 1915 , :
  • -- "I suppose you wouldn't like to do a locum for a month on the South coast? Three guineas a week with board and lodging." -- "I wouldn't mind," said Philip. -- "It's at Farnley, in Dorsetshire. Doctor South. You'd have to go down at once; his assistant has developed mumps. I believe it's a very pleasant place."

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    locus

    English

    Noun

    (loci)
  • A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
  • The cafeteria was the locus of activity.
  • (mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.
  • A circle is the locus of points from which the distance to the center is a given value, the radius.
  • (genetics) A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes.
  • Usage notes

    * sometimes confused with locust