armamentarium

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Physicians are seeing an increasing number of infections resistant to their usual antibiotic armamentarium, and are losing lives that just a few years ago would have been salvageable, including the recent death of a top Brazilian model.

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  1. noun The complete equipment of a physician or medical institution, including books, supplies, and instruments.
  2. noun The complete range of materials available or used for a task.

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  • Physicians are seeing an increasing number of infections resistant to their usual antibiotic armamentarium, and are losing lives that just a few years ago would have been salvageable, including the recent death of a top Brazilian model. —  Brain Blogger
  • Ganaxolone is the only neurosteroid in clinical development and is a unique GABA modulator that will expand the armamentarium of drugs available to treat epilepsy.
  • Just as telephones -- and now cell phones, laptops, and BlackBerries -- are ubiquitous tools of the trade, in the future social media will be regarded as integral parts of the armamentarium. —  HealthBlawg :: David Harlow's Health Care Law Blog
  • We continue to pursue development of technology such as liquid embolics, covered stents, and flow diverters that we believe we partner neurointerventionist's armamentarium for the aneurysm treatment in the coming years. —  Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • "We found the Berlin Heart was a very beneficial tool to have in our armamentarium," said study author Dr. Sanjiv K. Gandhi, surgical director of the heart failure program at Saint Louis Children's Hospital in Missouri. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
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  1. Latin armāmentārium, arsenal, from armāmenta, tools; see armament.
 

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