PCP

See also: pcp

English

Noun

PCP (countable and uncountable, plural PCPs)

  1. (finance) Initialism of personal contract purchase.
  3. (chemistry) Abbreviation of phenylcyclohexylpiperidine, an alternative name for phencyclidine.
    Synonyms: angel dust; see also Thesaurus:phencyclidine
    Hypernyms: compound, substance, drug
    Coordinate terms: LSD, crank, meth
    • 2014, Theodore Gray, photography by Nick Mann, Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything, 2018 Paperback Edition, page 147:
      1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine, often shortened to phencyclidine or PCP. Piperidine's use as a precursor in making PCP accounts for the fact that it is a controlled substance.
  5. (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of pentachlorophenol.
    Hypernyms: compound, substance, fungicide, preservative
  7. (biochemistry) Initialism of peptidyl carrier protein.
    Hypernym: protein
  9. (mathematics) Initialism of probabilistically checkable proof.
    Hypernym: proof
  11. (healthcare) Initialism of primary care physician.
    Hypernyms: physician, doctor < HCP, HCW < practitioner < person; see also Thesaurus:physician
    Near-synonyms: GP, family doctor (broadly synonymous)
  13. (healthcare) Initialism of primary care practitioner (who may be a physician, a physician assistant, or a nurse practitioner).
    Hypernyms: HCP, HCW < practitioner < person
    Hyponym: PCP
  15. (medicine) Abbreviation of pneumocystis pneumonia.
    Hypernyms: pneumonia < disease < condition
    • 2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 76:
      The lab had reported on Jane's disease, and the doctors were confident that they could treat it. She had PCP, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, which strikes patients with depressed immune systems—notably victims of ALL or AIDS.
  16. (medicine) Initialism of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
  18. (psychology) Initialism of personal construct psychology.
    Hypernyms: theory, practice
    Holonym: psychology

Proper noun

PCP

  2. Initialism of Portuguese Communist Party.

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