Medical Ailment

[Selby]

Hello,

This is a Workhouse entry... can anyone read the medical ailment this person had please? The handwriting is lovely but apart from the A at the beginning I’m flummoxed! I’ve Googled Angnorario (which is what it looks like to me) but it doesn’t exist. I’ve asked my doctor friend, she doesn’t know. HELP 

SELBY

[Gadget]

It looks like Argrotatio or Argrolatio but I can't find it.  Note it's r not n.

[josey]

Might the last letter be 'c'? I agree with Gadget, looks like 'Argrolatic'.

Can you point us to the record [name, date, which wewbsite] so we can compare handwriting. please?

[Gadget]

I'm wondering if it was misheard and it's agro..... but difficult to know. I've been through some of the more usual dictionaries of archaic medical terms 

If you post more of the page, make sure that it's written in the same hand. I see that the one above is in a different hand.

Gadget

[JenB]

I think it reads 'argrotatio'

I wonder if it was a 'catch all' word used for someone who was generally unwell.

There is a similarity to the Latin word aegrotare which means to be ill, unwell

[Mike in Cumbria]

I think it reads 'argrotatio'

I wonder if it was a 'catch all' word used for someone who was generally unwell.

There is a similarity to the Latin word aegrotare which means to be ill, unwell

That would be a typical doctor's ruse, saying that someone was unwell because they were suffering from unwellness (but written in latin to confuse everyone)!

[josey]

Ah makes sense JenB. Bit like Morbus cordis.

[JenB]

Take a look at the last few entries in the left-hand column. Admittedly this is from a 17th century book, but the word does seem to appear there.
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01q3p/

[Gadget]

Looks good, Jennifer 

I see that it's still used in an  aegrotat degree.