Usually means: Exactly what was needed most.
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  1. what the doctor ordered: Collins English Dictionary
  2. what the doctor ordered: Wiktionary
  3. what the doctor ordered: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. what the doctor ordered: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (what the doctor ordered)

noun:  (idiomatic) Exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation; something very beneficial or desirable.

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