Definition of Medicine chest

1. Noun. Cabinet that holds medicines and toiletries.

Exact synonyms: Medicine Cabinet
Generic synonyms: Cabinet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Medicine Chest

medicinal chemistry
medicinal drug
medicinal eruption
medicinal finger
medicinal leech
medicinal scarlet red
medicinal soft soap
medicinal zinc peroxide
medicinally
medicinals
medicine
medicine ball
medicine cabinet
medicine cabinets
medicine chest (current term)
medicine chests
medicine dance
medicine man
medicine men
medicine shield
medicine show
medicine shows
medicined
medicinelike
medicines
medicining
medicins

Literary usage of Medicine chest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Nursing: The Evolution of Nursing Systems from the Earliest by Mary Adelaide Nutting, Lavinia L. Dock (1907)
"... and the Old Testament is full of medical allusions.2 An interesting relic of Egyptian medicine is the medicine chest of the wife of Pharaoh, Mentuhotep, ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
""It seems to be well settled that the general obligation of the law merchant remains in force unless the medicine chest is provided with medicines and means ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1839)
"Carpenter's medicine chest, No. 1 : Adapted for a family residing in 'the city. This is a neat Mahogany case, finely finished with brass mountings, ..."

4. Account of Arnold's Campaign Against Quebec: And of the Hardships and by John Joseph Henry (1877)
"... and the medicine chest.1 It 1 The desertion of Enos was known by a portion of the army as early as the 23d. He made an ingenious defence of his retreat, ..."

5. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"Medicine-Chest. The medicine-chest or medicine-closet is to be constructed in the bath-room partition of clear (whitewood) and left ready for varnishing. ..."

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