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Daughter quietly interrupts pulse with hospital equipment (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bedpan

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'hospital equipment' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'daughter quietly interrupts pulse' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'interrupts' is an insertion indicator.
'pulse' becomes 'bean' (beans are a type of pulse).
'd'+'p'='dp'
'dp' going into 'bean' is 'BEDPAN'.

'with' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for bedpan that I've seen is " Hospital receptacle".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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