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Foot, intact to start with, seen by a doctor (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iamb

'foot' is the definition.
(type of metrical foot in poetry)

'intact to start with seen by a doctor' is the wordplay.
'to start with' says to take the initial letters.
'seen by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'doctor' becomes 'MB' (Bachelor of Medicine, Medicinae Baccalaureus).
The initial letter of 'intact' is 'i'.
'i'+'a'+'mb'='IAMB'

(Other definitions for iamb that I've seen before include "Short-long metric foot" , "Poet's foot" , "Line of verse" , "Metrical unit" , "Metrical foot of one short, one long syllables" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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