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armamentarium

[ ahr-muh-muhn-tair-ee-uhm, -men- ]

noun

, plural ar·ma·men·tar·i·a [ahr-m, uh, -m, uh, n-, tair, -ee-, uh, -men-].
  1. the aggregate of equipment, methods, and techniques available to one for carrying out one's duties:

    The stethoscope is still an essential part of the physician's armamentarium.

  2. a fruitful source of devices or materials available or used for an undertaking:

    The new arts center is an armamentarium for creative activity.



armamentarium

/ ˌɑːməmɛnˈtɛərɪəm /

noun

  1. the items that comprise the material and equipment used by a physician in his professional practice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of armamentarium1

First recorded in 1855–60; from Latin armāmentārium “arsenal, armory,” equivalent to armāment(a) “sailing gear for a ship, tackle, equipment” + -ārium noun suffix usually denoting location; armament, -arium
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Example Sentences

Such treatments would augment the medical armamentarium, not replace highly protective vaccines, similar to how people receive flu shots but may be prescribed Tamiflu if they do fall ill.

If these trials can recruit participants quickly, our armamentarium will increase dramatically.

From Vox

We owe entirely to her that immense armamentarium libertatis, the third edition of his treatise on Civil Obedience.

Tourniquets, placed upon the carotid arteries, occupy a position of great honor in the armamentarium of such people.

In dealing with the cases in the better-to-do and the rich, one has more weapons in the armamentarium.

There is another reason why these California remedies should become a part of our armamentarium.

It is time alcohol was banished from the medical armamentarium; whisky has killed thousands where it cured one.

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