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Insects, not beginning to circulate disease (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rickets

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'disease' is the definition.
(rickets is a kind of disease)

'insects not beginning' is the wordplay.
'insects' becomes 'crickets' (cricket is a type of insect).
'not beginning' means to remove the first letter.
'crickets' with its first letter taken off is 'RICKETS'.

'to circulate' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for rickets that I've seen before include "Bone disease, caused by vitamin D deficiency" , "Childhood disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin D" , "Bone-distorting disease" , "Children's disease" .)

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