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phencyclidine
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phencyclidine /phen·cy·cli·dine/ (PCP) (fen-si´kli-den) a potent veterinary analgesic and anesthetic, used as a drug of abuse in the form of the hydrochloride salt; its abuse by humans may lead to serious psychological disturbances.
phen·cy·cli·dine (fn-skl-dn, -dn, -skl-)
n.
Abbr. PCP A drug used as an anesthetic in veterinary medicine and illegally as a hallucinogen.
phencyclidine (fens´klidēn´),
n an approved veterinary anesthetic. Illicitly, it is used as a hallucinogen. Also called
PCP, hog, or
peace pill.
phencyclidine
a dissociative agent most used in nonhuman primates and other wild animals.
phencyclidine PCP, 'angel dust' Substance abuse A recreational hallucinogen with major side effects–neurologic dysfunction, with schizophrenia-like behavior, analgesia, dysarthria, nystagmus, ataxia, seizures, delirium, coma, GI Sx, ↑ BP, temperature, ↓ pulmonary function


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