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Aunt suffering with E. coli? Provide medical treatment (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inoculate

'provide medical treatment' is the definition.
(inoculation is a medical procedure)

'aunt suffering with e coli?' is the wordplay.
'suffering with' is an anagram indicator.
'e'+'coli'='ecoli'
'aunt' anagrammed with 'ecoli' gives 'INOCULATE'.

(Other definitions for inoculate that I've seen before include "Give a jab" , "Graft" , "Immunise with antigens" , "Treat with a vaccine or serum" , "Inject against a disease" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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