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Build-up of water discharge from below a new gravel ridge (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anasarca

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'ridge' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

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I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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