aeger

Function
noun

American English Equivalent
sick note

Definition 
(Pronounced ee'-jer or eye'-gher.) Aeger is Latin for 'sick'; the adjective is here used as a noun, in some university circles. When the student is too sick to take an examination, he is given an aegrotat (Latin for 'he is sick'; pronounced ee'-gro-tat or ee-gro'-tat, the latter being the correct stress in Latin), an official certification of illness testifying that he is unable to attend lectures or take an exam. The same word designates a degree granted a student who has completed all other requirements but was too ill to take the final exams.