Acting as medico and her association (5)
I believe the answer is:
drama
'acting' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'medico and her association' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'medico' could be 'dr' (synonyms) and 'dr' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ama' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drama that I've seen before include "Theatrical production" , "interesting spectacles?" , "Theatre or radio play" , "High emotion" , "Work to be performed by actors" .)