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Breathe in sharply when visiting doctor (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gasp

'breathe in sharply' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'when visiting doctor' is the wordplay.
'when' becomes 'as'.
'visiting' is an insertion indicator.
'doctor' becomes 'gp' (general practitioner**).
'as' placed into 'gp' is 'GASP'.

(Other definitions for gasp that I've seen before include "Have trouble breathing" , "Say "ah"" , "Convulsive breath" , "Gaps in struggle for breath" , "Sound of astonishment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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