PCP Definition

pēsē-pē
noun
Phencyclidine.
American Heritage Medicine
A powerful psychedelic drug (phencyclidine hydrochloride), C17H25NHCl.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
abbreviation

Pneumocystis (pneumonia)

Webster's New World
Primary care physician (or provider)
Webster's New World

Origin of PCP

  • From the chemical name p(henyl)c(yclohexyl)p(iperidine)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

PCP Sentence Examples

  • Analysis of PCP acetate was by gas chromatography with electron capture and finally with mass spectrometric detection.

  • In addition, the death rate of opioid abusers is proportionately significantly higher than the mortality of people who abuse PCP or cocaine.

  • The most common opportunistic infection in children with XHIM is a lung disease known as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).

  • The most common telltale symptom, however, is PCP; in fact, the frequency of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in children with hyper-IgM syndrome was a useful clue to geneticists searching for the mutation that causes the disorder.

  • Most children with hyper-IgM syndrome are diagnosed before they are a year old; about 40 percent have PCP at the time of diagnosis.

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