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I found this sentence and I wonder whether I understand it correctly:

> **どれ** 腹の傷をおみせ、薬草をぬってあげよう。

The どれ there looks to me like “whichever” or “all”, so I’d get the sentence as
“Let me look at all the wounds on your belly…” However I could not find a
fitting example in a dictionary, so I am not sure.

If there’d be も, I’d have no doubts, as it then simply means “any”. But this
sentence has no も and is not negative.

So, do I get it right? Does this use of question word as an attribute of a
noun mean “any, all”?
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grammar words interjections interrogatives attributive
どれ as an attribute
> 「 **どれ** 腹{はら}の傷{きず}をおみせ、薬草{やくそう}をぬってあげよう。」

You are "seeing" the wrong 「どれ」 here, which is the 「どれ」("which one") from
こそあど.

This 「どれ」 is an _**interjection**_ meaning " _ **now**_ ", " _ **well**_ ", "
_ **let's see**_ ", etc. It is most often used when checking on or taking a
(close) look at something. We also say 「どら」、「どれどれ」, etc. for the same purpose.

_**" Now, let me see the wound on your tummy. I'll put some herbal medicine on
it for you**_."

The author could have (or rather should have) inserted a comma right after the
「どれ」 for clarity's sake.
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