IED - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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• IPA^(key): /ˌaɪ iː ˈdiː/

IED (countable and uncountable, plural IEDs)

1. (electronics) Initialism of Intelligent Electronic Device (a sensor, actuator, or PLC used as part of a SCADA system)
2. (languages) Initialism of Interlingua-English Dictionary (the first dictionary of Interlingua)
3. (medicine) Initialism of interictal epileptiform discharge (a type of brain waves related to epilepsy)

   • 2003, Randolph B. Schiffer et al., Neuropsychiatry, 2nd edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 1109:

     Hippocampal sclerosis was less common in the patients with IED.

   • 2007, Jerome Engel et al., Epilepsy: A Comprehensive Textbook, 2nd edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 809:

     Initial concerns revolved mainly around the relationship between the interictal epileptiform discharge (IED) and the clinical diagnosis of epilepsy.

4. (weaponry) Initialism of improvised explosive device.

   • 2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 61:

     She'd been an Army noncombatant, but roadside IEDs didn't distinguish between armed troops and support services.

5. (medicine) Initialism of intermittent explosive disorder.

• booby trap
• car bomb
• letter bomb
• Molotov cocktail

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