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aegrotat

(ˈaɪɡrəʊˌtæt; ˈiː-; iːˈɡrəʊtæt)
n
1. (Education) (in British and certain other universities, and, sometimes, schools) a certificate allowing a candidate to pass an examination although he has missed all or part of it through illness
2. (Education) a degree or other qualification obtained in such circumstances
[C19: Latin, literally: he is ill]
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aegrotat

A Latin word meaning he is ill, used to mean a sickness certificate.
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The protagonist of Dog Eat Dog Dingz confronts a white dean at the University of the Witwatersrand where he is studying, so that he can be granted an aegrotat exam under false pretences of having been to a family funeral.
The RCSI and the National University of Ireland Working Group Executive in Dublin agreed to award the Year 2 students with an Aegrotat Award based on their academic performance, which showed they would have clearly reached a degree award standard.
You close your letter with an aphorism from Hippocrates: qui gravi morbo correpti dolores non sentiunt, iis mens aegrotat, implying I need medicine not only to assuage my affliction, but more so to sharpen my inward sense of myself.
[and it] undoubtedly includes, in my view, such questions as what mark or class a student ought to be awarded or whether an aegrotat is justified.
sent (OED scent) + -lesse, eg scentless 1605q SENESCERE Chambers senescent (Latin) EDENTATES OED edentate noun NERTERIUS Cambarus nerterius eruca, ITISa ENTERPONE OED STERCOLIN Web2 CARPOLITE OED ETIOLIPES Camponotus etiolipes floridus, ITISa REUNITERS OED erunite ESSENESSE Palindromicon II TAPADEROS OED tapadero noun AGREEMONY OED PROGNOSED OED prognose vb AEGROTARE Chambers aegrotat (Latin) DENOMINAL OED EMOTIVITY OED emotive 2c ROSANILIN Stedman ONERATING OED onerate vb, also in Web1 under onerate SYDELYNGE OED sideling
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