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Phone sibling after years, clearing bad blood (8)

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I believe the answer is:

dialysis

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'phone sibling after years clearing bad blood' is the definition.
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'phone sibling after years' is the wordplay.
'phone' becomes 'dial' (dial phone is a kind of phone).
'sibling' becomes 'sis' (short for sister).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'years' becomes 'y' (abbreviation).
'sis' after 'y' is 'ysis'.
'dial'+'ysis'='DIALYSIS'

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(Other definitions for dialysis that I've seen before include "Procedure for one with kidney failure" , "Purification of the blood by causing it to flow through a membrane" , "Clinical purification of blood" , "It's used in the case of kidney failure" , "Kidney failure necessitates this procedure" .)

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