Doctor joining American Medical Association in theatre work (5)
I believe the answer is:
drama
'theatre work' is the definition.
'drama' can be an answer for 'work' (I have seen 'Theatrical work ' mean 'drama' so perhaps 'work' could also mean 'drama'). I'm not certain of the 'theatre' bit.
'doctor joining american medical association' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'dr' (abbreviation).
'joining' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'american medical association' becomes 'ama' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'dr'+'ama'='DRAMA'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drama that I've seen before include "Emotional sequence of events (made out of a crisis?)" , "Exciting play or event" , "Plays as a genre" , "theatre show" , "High emotion" .)