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A sick benefit prescription? (6)

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emetic

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'a sick benefit prescription?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for emetic that I've seen before include "Sickening" , "A medicine to induce nausea" , "making you throw up" , "Something that causes vomiting" , "Medicine designed to make one vomit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Guardian.
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