Cryptic crossword clue
Doctors resigned over drugs for disease carriers 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word MOSQUITOES

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The straight part
We know that "disease carriers" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case disease carriers = mosquitoes.
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What does MOSQUITOES mean?

MOSQUITOES noun
  1. A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria and yellow fever.

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