Armamentarium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɑːməmənˈtɛəɹi.əm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Armamentarium is a noun meaning All of the equipment available for carrying out a task, especially all the equipment used by a physician in the practice of medicine.
Meaning
All of the equipment available for carrying out a task, especially all the equipment used by a physician in the practice of medicine.
Example Sentences
The most important tool in the photographer's armamentarium for evaluating the range of possibilities at each site is his or her feet.
Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS) technology has enriched the armamentarium of regenerative medicine by introducing autologous pluripotent progenitor pools bioengineered from ordinary somatic tissue.
Ever more new drugs appeared on the market, bewildering and swamping clinicians who had been accustomed in their pharmaceutical armamentarium to a handful of painkillers, alkaloids with physiological effects, and vaccines.
Pendants round the neck, bangles round the wrists or ankles, potatoes or nutmegs in the pocket are as old or older than civilisation, carrying the same prophylactic magic as any juju in an African witchdoctor’s armamentarium.
Word Forms
- armamentariums
- armamentaria
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include armamentary, armoury, paraphernalia, armament, equipment, gear.
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