medicine chests

Home pharmacy storage

A medicine chest is a cabinet or box for storing medical supplies and medications, typically mounted on a bathroom wall or kept in a household for emergencies.

On ships, the medicine chest was essential equipment containing remedies for common ailments at sea.

The term is somewhat old-fashioned; medicine cabinet is now more common in American English.

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G