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phen⋅cy⋅cli⋅dine

  [fen-sahy-kli-deen, -sik-li-]
–noun Pharmacology.
an anesthetic drug, C1 7H2 5N, used as an animal tranquilizer: also widely used in several forms as an illicit hallucinogen.
Also called angel dust, PCP

Origin:
1955–60; phen- + cycl(ic) + -id 3 + -ine 2
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angel dust  
n.   Slang
Phencyclidine.
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angel dust

and angel hair; dust of angels
  1. n.
    the common name for phencyclidine (PCP). (Originally drugs.) : I thought that angel hair and stuff like that was a problem of the sixties. , He had a bit of a problem with some “dust of angels.” It almost killed him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: angel dust
Pronunciation: 'An-j&l-"d&st
Function: noun
: PHENCYCLIDINE

Main Entry: phen·cy·cli·dine
Pronunciation: (')fen-'sik-l&-"dEn, -'sI-kl&-, -d&n
Function: noun
: a piperidine derivativeC17H25N used especially as a veterinary anesthetic and sometimes illicitly as a psychedelic drug to induce vivid mental imagery called also angel dust, PCP
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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angel dust an·gel dust (ān'jəl)
n.
Phencyclidine.

phencyclidine phen·cy·cli·dine (fěn-sī'klĭ-dēn', -dĭn, -sĭk'lĭ-)
n.

Abbr. PCP A drug used as an anesthetic in veterinary medicine and illegally as a hallucinogen.

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