Article physician regularly copied is like a robot? (7)
I believe the answer is:
android
'robot?' is the definition.
(android is a kind of robot)
'article physician regularly copied' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'physician' becomes 'Dr' (synonyms).
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
The alternate letters of 'copied' are 'oid'.
'an'+'dr'+'oid'='ANDROID'
'is like a' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for android that I've seen before include "Human-like robot" , "artificial being" , "Human-type robot" , "In science fiction, a robot in human form" , "Operating system for mobile devices" .)