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Study with conclusion ignored contains flaw, leading to disease (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cholera

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'disease' is the definition.
(cholera is a kind of health problem)

'study with conclusion ignored contains flaw' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'flaw' could be 'hole' (as in a hole in one's logic) and 'hole' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'leading to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cholera that I've seen before include "Infectious and often fatal Asiatic disease" , "Oh, Clare has highly infectious disease" , "Infectious disease causing severe bowel upset" , "Intestinal infection caused by contaminated water or food" , "Acute infection caused by contaminated water or food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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