armamentarium
noun
ar·ma·men·tar·i·um
ˌär-mə-ˌmen-ˈter-ē-əm 
-mən-
plural armamentaria
ˌär-mə-ˌmen-ˈter-ē-ə
: a collection of resources available or utilized for an undertaking or field of activity
especially
: the equipment, methods, and pharmaceuticals used in medicine
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And despite a remarkable, ever-expanding armamentarium of drug therapies and medical devices, the disease—whether in its type 1 or type 2 form—is still considered chronic and progressive.
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Gary Taubes, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2024
For years, the tech elite’s predilection for brain hacking has been part of their mystique; more recently, Elon Musk touted ketamine as a better antidepressant than anything in Big Pharma’s armamentarium.
—Sue Halpern, The New York Review of Books, 12 Oct. 2023
New to the public health armamentarium this year are tools to combat RSV — respiratory syncytial virus.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 25 Aug. 2023
And with other psychedelics demonstrating possible treatment efficacy for alcohol addiction, bereavement, depression, end-of-life distress, nicotine addiction, and opioid addiction, MDMA might not be the only one rejoining psychiatry’s armamentarium in coming years.
—Brian Barnett, STAT, 2 June 2021
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Gary Taubes, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2024
For years, the tech elite’s predilection for brain hacking has been part of their mystique; more recently, Elon Musk touted ketamine as a better antidepressant than anything in Big Pharma’s armamentarium.
—Sue Halpern, The New York Review of Books, 12 Oct. 2023
New to the public health armamentarium this year are tools to combat RSV — respiratory syncytial virus.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 25 Aug. 2023
And with other psychedelics demonstrating possible treatment efficacy for alcohol addiction, bereavement, depression, end-of-life distress, nicotine addiction, and opioid addiction, MDMA might not be the only one rejoining psychiatry’s armamentarium in coming years.
—Brian Barnett, STAT, 2 June 2021
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armamentarium
noun
ar·ma·men·tar·i·um
ˌär-mə-ˌmen-ˈter-ē-əm, -mən-
plural armamentaria
-ē-ə
: a collection of resources available or utilized for an undertaking or field of activity
especially
: the equipment, methods, and pharmaceuticals used in medicine
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