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Phencyclidine

//fɛnˈsaɪ.klɪ.diːn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A synthetic compound derived from piperidine, used as a veterinary anesthetic and in hallucinogenic drugs such as angel dust. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or ‘dust’) for its effects as a hallucinogen wordnet

Etymology

Contraction of phenylcyclohexylpiperidine.

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