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A second quote's to be given for what medical practitioner will treat (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ascites

'for what medical practitioner will treat' is the definition.
(medical complaint)

'a second quote's to be' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'quote' becomes 'cite' (synonyms).
'to be' becomes 's' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'s'+'cite'+'s'='ASCITES'

'given' acts as a link.

(Another definition for ascites that I've seen is " dropsy".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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