Dry clinic oddly shaped like a tube (9)

I believe the answer is:

cylindric

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'shaped like a tube' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'dry clinic oddly' is the wordplay.
'oddly' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in an odd order).
'dry'+'clinic'='dryclinic'
'dryclinic' anagrammed gives 'CYLINDRIC'.

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