PCP

plural PCPs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of personal contract purchase.
2. abbreviationcountableuncountablechemistryAbbreviation of phenylcyclohexylpiperidine, an alternative name for phencyclidine.

   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.

   2014, Theodore Gray, photography by Nick Mann, Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything, 2018 Paperback Edition, page 147

   Synonyms: angel dust, angel dust, crystal, fairy dust, ill, hog, horse tranquilizer, KJ

3. abbreviationcountableuncountablechemistryAbbreviation of pentachlorophenol.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebiochemistryInitialism of peptidyl carrier protein.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemathematicsInitialism of probabilistically checkable proof.
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of primary care physician.

   Near-synonyms: GP, family doctor (broadly synonymous)

   Synonyms: GP, family doctor[Appendix:Glossary

7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of primary care practitioner (who may be a physician, a physician assistant, or a nurse practitioner).
8. abbreviationcountableuncountablemedicineAbbreviation of pneumocystis pneumonia.

   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.

   2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 76

9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
10. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehuman sciencesInitialism of personal construct psychology.

    Holonym: psychology

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Portuguese Communist Party.