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New medical system? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

decimal

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'system?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'new medical' is the wordplay.
'new' is an anagram indicator.
'medical' with letters rearranged gives 'DECIMAL'.

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(Other definitions for decimal that I've seen before include "of Number Ten" , "In base ten" , "Based on the number 10" , "(System) based on tens" , "Claimed, wrongly, to have this currency" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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