phencyclidinen.
/fɛnˈsʌɪklᵻdiːn/, U.S. /fɛnˈsaɪkləˌdin/, /fɛnˈsaɪklədən/ Pharmacology.
A powerful analgesic and anaesthetic drug which is now chiefly restricted to veterinary medicine on account of its hallucinogenic effects and is used illegally as a recreational drug. Abbreviated PCP. Cf. angel dust n. 1.Chemical name: 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine hydrochloride, C17H25N.HCl.
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Hoffmann's anodyne1747
acetylsalicylic acid1873
acetophenetidin1888
exalgin1889
pyramidon1898
aspirin1899
phenazone1899
Veganin1926
Trilene1935
Demerol1940
pethidine1942
Tridione1944
amidone1946
meperidine1947
methadone1947
Physeptone1947
Butazolidin1951
phenylbutazone1952
opioid1955
Panadol1955
propoxyphene1955
Tylenol1956
acetaminophen1957
paracetamol1957
Distalgesic1958
oxycodone1958
Sernyl1958
morphinomimetic1959
phencyclidine1959
levorphanol1960
mefenamic acid1962
pentazocine1964
Talwin1965
ibuprofen1967
nalbuphine1969
naproxen1971
phy1971
Nurofen1982
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > anaesthetic > [noun] > general > specific drugs
common ether1675
laughing gas1819
chloral1838
chloroform1838
urethane1838
ether1847
letheon1847
kerosolene1861
gas1868
pental1891
tubocurarine1898
chloretone1899
hedonal1900
Avertin1927
Evipan1932
Pentothal1935
Trilene1935
hexobarbitone sodium1941
hexobarbitone soluble1941
thiopentone1945
thiopental sodium1947
fluothane1955
halothane1957
methohexital sodium1958
phencyclidine1959
methohexitone1961
hexobarbitone1962
propanidid1964
etorphine1966
enflurane1971
sodium methohexital1978
1959 Antibiotic Med. 6 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’..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 Compounds purported to be mescaline, LSD, psilocybin, and THC..have often been chemically identified as phencyclidine.
1989 Jrnl. Psychopharmacol. 3 iv. 203/1 The dissociative anaesthetics, ketamine and phencyclidine, selectively reduce excitation of central mammalian neurones by n-methyl- d-aspartate.
1997 Sun (Baltimore) 5 Jan. b2/2 He was serving a 15-year sentence for possession and intent to distribute phencyclidine, or PCP.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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