Last pairs cure some body using medicine (6)

I believe the answer is:

remedy

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'medicine' is the definition.
(I know that remedy is a type of medicine)

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(Other definitions for remedy that I've seen before include "solution" , "A cure, for disease or other ill" , "Medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieves pain" , "Nostrum" , "Cure or redress" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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