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Medium could have therapy afterwards to treat disease (5)

Ross

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radio

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'medium' is the definition.
(I know that radio is a type of broadcasting)

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(Other definitions for radio that I've seen before include "It used to be called the wireless" , "Receiving device" , "Electronic medium of communication" , "Transmit" , "send a message" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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