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Somehow get Nina something to fight disease (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

antigen

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'something to fight disease' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'somehow get nina' is the wordplay.
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'get'+'nina'='getnina'
'getnina' is an anagram of 'ANTIGEN'.

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(Other definitions for antigen that I've seen before include "Something inducing an immune response, neat gin (anag.)" , "Biological substance" , "Immunity-booster" , "toxin" , "It stimulates immune responses - tag nine (anag)" .)

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