phencyclidine

English

Chemical structure of phencyclidine

Etymology

Contraction of phenylcyclohexylpiperidine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛnˈsaɪ.klɪ.diːn/

Noun

phencyclidine (countable and uncountable, plural phencyclidines)

1. (pharmacology) A synthetic compound derived from piperidine, used as a veterinary anesthetic and in hallucinogenic drugs such as angel dust.

Synonyms

• (illegal hallucinogen (slang)): PCP, angel dust, peace pill, crystal, fairy dust, hog, horse tranquilizer, sherm, tic, zoot, ill, wack, whack

Translations

veterinary anesthetic, used illegally in humans as a hallucinogen

• Finnish: fensyklidiini (fi)
• German: Phencyclidin n
• Hungarian: fenciklidin (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: фенциклиди́н (ru) m (fenciklidín)

References

• “phencyclidine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “phencyclidine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.