شَجًا
Root: شجو
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شَجًا
A bone, or some other thing of the like sort, sticking fast, or lying across, or forming an obstruction, in the throat, or fauces, of a human being, and of a beast; a thing in the throat, or fauces, that [chokes one, or] prevents from swallowing: an Verbal.Noun used as a subst. [properly thus termed].
2 See also the next paragraph.
2 See also the next paragraph.
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