armamentarium means all of the equipment available for carrying out a task, especially all the equipment used by a physician in the practice of medicine. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.
armamentarium is pronounced /ˌɑːməmənˈtɛəɹi.əm/.
Why “armamentarium” is a great word
ARMAMENTARIUM — [Noun] The complete collection of equipment, instruments, and materials available for carrying out a professional task, especially in medicine or surgery. From Latin armāmentārium ("arsenal"), from armāmenta ("tools, equipment") + -ārium ("place for"). First attested in English in 1647. Unlike an "arsenal," which denotes weapons and their storehouse, or a "repertoire," which comprises intangible skills and performances, an armamentarium is the tangible, curated totality of means for a specialized craft. It is the surgeon’s tray of gleaming steel, the apothecary’s wall of labeled tinctures, and the artist’s case of worn brushes—a silent testament to the human compulsion to meet the unknown with an ordered array of implements.
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- All of the equipment available for carrying out a task, especially all the equipment used by a physician in the practice of medicine.“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.”