noun
- a synthetic drug originally developed as an anesthetic but now used illegally as a hallucinogen
Usage: medical; often abbreviated as PCP
Examples
- Phencyclidine was first synthesized in 1926 for medical use.
- The drug phencyclidine can cause severe psychological effects.
- Law enforcement found traces of phencyclidine in the suspect’s system.
- Phencyclidine is classified as a controlled substance.
- Medical researchers studied the effects of phencyclidine on the brain.
- The patient tested positive for phencyclidine during the screening.