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Greek physician's article hidden in valley (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

galen

'greek physician's' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'article hidden in valley' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'hidden in' indicates putting letters inside.
'valley' becomes 'glen' (glen is a kind of valley).
'a' put inside 'glen' is 'GALEN'.

(Another definition for galen that I've seen is " Ancient Greek anatomist, d.199 - angel (anag)".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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