aegrotat

noun British.

1. an unclassified degree granted a university student who has fulfilled all requirements for graduation but was prevented by illness from attending the final examinations.

noun

1. (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. a degree or other qualification obtained in such circumstances

n.

certificate that a student is ill, Latin, literally “he is sick,” third person singular of aegrotare “to be sick,” from aeger “sick.”