medicine chest
noun
: a cabinet on a bathroom wall that is used for storing medicine and small items
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Tad told how his sister had found a hairy black tarantula the size of her hand in the bathroom medicine chest.
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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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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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“Medicine chest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medicine%20chest. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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