armamentarium
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prettygoodwordarmamentarium (ahr-muh-muhn-TAIR-ee-uhm) - n., the aggregate of equipment, methods, and techniques available for carrying out one's duties, especially those of a physician.
Also, the source of such material and equipment. The classic example sentence seems to be "The stethoscope is still an essential part of the physician's armamentarium," which acts as a nice lookback to yesterday's word, so I'll use it myself. Borrowed around 1860 from Latin armāmentārium, arsenal, from armāmenta, tools, armaments + -arium, place of -- it was also previously borrowed in an Anglicized form as armamentary in the 1730s, but that apparently didn't catch on.
---L.
Also, the source of such material and equipment. The classic example sentence seems to be "The stethoscope is still an essential part of the physician's armamentarium," which acts as a nice lookback to yesterday's word, so I'll use it myself. Borrowed around 1860 from Latin armāmentārium, arsenal, from armāmenta, tools, armaments + -arium, place of -- it was also previously borrowed in an Anglicized form as armamentary in the 1730s, but that apparently didn't catch on.
---L.
