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Branch of medicine Oscar practised moving around house (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orthopaedics

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'branch of medicine' is the definition.
'orthopaedics' can be an answer for 'medicine' (orthopaedics is a kind of medicine). I am unsure of the 'branch of' bit.

'oscar practised moving around house' is the wordplay.
'oscar' becomes 'O' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'moving' indicates an anagram (letters are moved around).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'house' becomes 'ho' (abbreviation for house).
'o'+'practised'='opractised'
'opractised' anagrammed gives 'ortpaedics'.
'ortpaedics' going around 'ho' is 'ORTHOPAEDICS'.

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(Other definitions for orthopaedics that I've seen before include "The treatment of bone and muscle disorders" , "Field to operate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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