1. The medicines, equipment, and techniques available to a medical practitioner. 2. A collection of resources available for a certain purpose.
"The hospital's armamentarium should always be well stocked for any emergency situation."
"Parents of a newborn are always surprised by how fast their armamentarium of diapers dwindles."
"Whitney had an extensive hair and makeup armamentarium lined up on her vanity table."
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Latin, mid-17th century
This word comes from the Latin "armamenta," meaning "implements, weapons." It was used in English as early as the 1600s to refer to a country's arsenal of weaponry, but that usage is now obsolete. Around the 1820s, "armamentarium" came back into regular use to refer specifically to the medical equipment and therapeutic techniques available to a practitioner. ...
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