Synonym of "implications"

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imparando - 16 Jan 2009 19:42 GMT

Can you use any other word for "implications" in the following
sentence?

"Tooth removal is an unpleasant experience, with implications of pain,
blood loss and distress."

What does "implications" mean in this sentence? Can this sentence be
rephrased in a better way?

Thank you in advance.

Suyash

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Leslie Danks - 16 Jan 2009 20:04 GMT

> Can you use any other word for "implications" in the following
> sentence?
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> What does "implications" mean in this sentence? Can this sentence be
> rephrased in a better way?

To me it means (and is better expressed):

"Tooth removal is an unpleasant experience associated with pain, blood loss
and distress."

or

"Tooth removal is an unpleasant experience and may cause pain, loss of blood
and distress."

or, if your dentist is a bit ham-fisted:

"Tooth removal is an unpleasant experience and frequently causes pain, blood
loss and distress."

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CDB - 16 Jan 2009 20:13 GMT

> Can you use any other word for "implications" in the following
> sentence?

You could say "... with its attendant/associated/accompanying pain,
...." Really, it depends on how formal you want to be. Another
possibility might be "... bringing with it pain, ...."

> "Tooth removal is an unpleasant experience, with implications of
> pain, blood loss and distress."

> What does "implications" mean in this sentence? Can this sentence be
> rephrased in a better way?

It probably means that pain, etc. are a usual, maybe an inescapable,
part of the experience: folded into it. Another possible meaning,
that the idea of tooth-removal calls up those associations, seems
ruled out by the direct way the writer is talking about the subject.

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Arcadian Rises - 16 Jan 2009 20:16 GMT

> Can you use any other word for "implications" in the following
> sentence?

Involvement?

> "Tooth removal is an unpleasant experience, with implications of pain,
> blood loss and distress."
>
> What does "implications" mean in this sentence? Can this sentence be
> rephrased in a better way?

Are you looking for a synonym, or for rephrasing?

To start, describing tooth removal as "unpleasant" is a meiosis.

"Tooth removal is a dreadfuyl experience that involves pain, blood
loss and separation anxiety".

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Leslie Danks - 16 Jan 2009 20:27 GMT

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> To start, describing tooth removal as "unpleasant" is a meiosis.
>
> "Tooth removal is a dreadfuyl experience that involves pain, blood
> loss and separation anxiety".

Not necessarily. I had a troublesome wisdom tooth pulled a few weeks ago and
the minimal pain I experienced was more than compensated by the knowledge
that the tooth was gone and could no longer keep me awake at night, or ruin
my enjoyment of a juicy lamb chop.

Or were you looking at it from the tooth's point of view?

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John O'Flaherty - 17 Jan 2009 06:58 GMT

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>that the tooth was gone and could no longer keep me awake at night, or ruin
>my enjoyment of a juicy lamb chop.

You're probably safe now, but I had an ordinary molar pulled
painlessly about six months ago, and after three or four days I
developed a "dry socket", where the clot is lost exposing the jawbone.
It was quite painful for several weeks, even with drugs.

>Or were you looking at it from the tooth's point of view?

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Steve Hayes - 17 Jan 2009 05:59 GMT

>Can you use any other word for "implications" in the following
>sentence?
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>What does "implications" mean in this sentence? Can this sentence be
>rephrased in a better way?

You could replace "with implications of" with "since it entails".

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Mark Brader - 17 Jan 2009 09:16 GMT

>> Can you use any other word for "implications" in the following
>> sentence?
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>> What does "implications" mean in this sentence? Can this sentence be
>> rephrased in a better way?

> You could replace "with implications of" with "since it entails".

Or just with "involving".

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Synonym of "implications"