IED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does IED mean? 

• IED (noun)
  The noun IED has 1 sense:

1. an explosive device that is improvised

  Familiarity information: IED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An explosive device that is improvised

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

I.E.D.; IED; improvised explosive device

Hypernyms ("IED" is a kind of...):

explosive device (device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "IED"):

gasoline bomb; Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb (a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick)

 Context examples 

IEDs were followed by cortical spindles at time intervals similar to that seen in the rats.

(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)

The results suggest that these mistimed IEDs disrupt a brain network that’s essential for memory and reveal a time window for potential intervention in the altered communication between brain regions.

(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)

These are called interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs).

(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)

The researchers found that hippocampal IEDs were followed by spindles in the prefrontal cortex.

(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)

The rats showed memory deficits that were largely associated with the more frequently occurring IEDs rather than with the rare seizures.

(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)

Spindles that occur outside normal non-REM sleep (while awake or during REM) could suggest IED activity in the temporal lobe.

(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)

In rats that experienced seizures, hippocampal IEDs also elicited cortical spindles during REM and an awake state.

(Seizures disrupt memory network, NIH)