phencyclidine Pharm.
(fɛnˈsaɪklɪdiːn)
[f. phen- + cyclo- + piperidine, constituent parts of the systematic name.]
A powerful analgesic and anæsthetic whose use is now chiefly restricted to veterinary medicine on account of its hallucinogenic effects; 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine hydrochloride, C17H25N.HCl. Abbrev. PCP.
| 1959 Antibiotic Med. VI. 84 Phencyclidine, when given to patients with anxiety symptoms, appeared to be most effective in mild to moderately severe reactions. 1963 Lancet 16 Feb. 392/2 Phencyclidine was used to relieve the pain of multiple rib fractures in a 57-year-old male who had bronchitis. 1973 Daily Tel. 20 Dec. 3 A new drug called ‘angel dust’ which causes people to believe they have been reduced to the size of Tom Thumb is to be brought to the attention of the authorities... The drug, known as phencyclidine or PCP, was not covered by the Dangerous Drugs Act. 1974 M. C. Gerald Pharmacol. xvii. 330 Phencyclidine (Sernyl) is employed therapeutically as a veterinary anesthetic agent. Ibid., Compounds purported to be mescaline, LSD, psilocybin, and THC..have often been chemically identified as phencyclidine. 1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 7c/1 Seven men have been charged by a federal grand jury with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute phencyclidine, and for possession of the drug. |