Medicine was our connection, we hear (7)
I believe the answer is:
linctus
'medicine' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'our connection we hear' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'we' could be 'us' and 'us' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'was' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for linctus that I've seen before include "Cough medicine" , "The prescription" , "Thick cough mixture" , "Cough-medicine" , "Syrup that may see a cough off" .)