1
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
2
primary care physician; primary care provider
Examples of PCP in a Sentence
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Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
The semi-auto version of the Benjamin Marauder is a .22 caliber PCP rifle that uses a 10-shot magazine.
—T. Logan Metesh, Field & Stream, 4 Oct. 2023
The counts involved the allegation that Robicheaux and Riley slipped a drug into the drink of a woman known in court as Jane Doe and furnished her with PCP, in addition to Riley supplying cocaine.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
Both young and middle-aged adult groups used hallucinogens such as LSD, MDMA, mescaline, peyote, shrooms or psilocybin, and PCP at a significantly higher rate compared to ten years ago.
—USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
Mark Wahlberg In April 1988 the former rapper, age 16 at the time, carried out a series of brutal racially motivated assaults on 2 Vietnamese men while high on PCP.
—Colin Scanlon, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
Wait times to be seen by a primary care provider are now approximately a month, and by October, Fenway expects to have assigned a PCP to all new patients who have been waiting for one.
—Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
The presentation was created by PCP Capital Partners, an adviser to Saudi Arabia’s PIF, after a meeting between the rival tours in London.
—Leah Nylen, Fortune, 11 July 2023
From 2016 to 2019, Glasgow withdrew more than $1.3 million in cash from TOPS and PCP and never accounted for the money on the groups’ IRS forms or on his personal taxes.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 7 July 2023
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Noun
At the time of the killings, Clements was addicted to phencyclidine (PCP) and cocaine and was intending to rob Gatlin to buy crack cocaine, according to court filings.
—Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
The semi-auto version of the Benjamin Marauder is a .22 caliber PCP rifle that uses a 10-shot magazine.
—T. Logan Metesh, Field & Stream, 4 Oct. 2023
The counts involved the allegation that Robicheaux and Riley slipped a drug into the drink of a woman known in court as Jane Doe and furnished her with PCP, in addition to Riley supplying cocaine.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
Both young and middle-aged adult groups used hallucinogens such as LSD, MDMA, mescaline, peyote, shrooms or psilocybin, and PCP at a significantly higher rate compared to ten years ago.
—USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
Mark Wahlberg In April 1988 the former rapper, age 16 at the time, carried out a series of brutal racially motivated assaults on 2 Vietnamese men while high on PCP.
—Colin Scanlon, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
Wait times to be seen by a primary care provider are now approximately a month, and by October, Fenway expects to have assigned a PCP to all new patients who have been waiting for one.
—Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
The presentation was created by PCP Capital Partners, an adviser to Saudi Arabia’s PIF, after a meeting between the rival tours in London.
—Leah Nylen, Fortune, 11 July 2023
From 2016 to 2019, Glasgow withdrew more than $1.3 million in cash from TOPS and PCP and never accounted for the money on the groups’ IRS forms or on his personal taxes.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 7 July 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
phenyl + cycl- + piperidine
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“PCP.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PCP. Accessed 1 Dec. 2023.
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PCP
1 of 2 noun1
3
: a health-care professional and especially a physician who is authorized (as by an HMO) to provide primary care
PCP
2 of 2 abbreviation
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
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