medicine chest

noun

: a cabinet on a bathroom wall that is used for storing medicine and small items

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But then, The New York Times looked inside the medicine chest of our favorite belly-jumping, eyeball-rolling, exploding-car salesman, and that was that. — Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2025 Tad told how his sister had found a hairy black tarantula the size of her hand in the bathroom medicine chest. — Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 17 Apr. 2024 Certainly, OxyContin has its place in the medicine chest that doctors can draw on for serious illnesses. — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Aug. 2023

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Medical Definition

medicine chest

noun
: a cupboard used especially for storing medicines or first-aid supplies
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