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Diseases that start with A
Looking for diseases that begin with A? Here are 19 of them in alphabetical order, from “Acne” to “Atrial fibrillation”.
Diseases that begin with A
- Acne
- Acromegaly
- Addisons disease
- AIDSalso HIV, HIV/AIDS
- Alopecia
- ALSalso Motor neurone disease, Motor neuron disease, MND, Lou Gehrigs disease
- Alzheimersalso Alzheimers disease, Alzheimer
- Amoebiasisalso Amoebic dysentery
- Anemiaalso Anaemia
- Anorexia nervosaalso Anorexia
- Anthrax
- Appendicitis
- Arthritis
- Asbestosis
- Ascariasis
- Asthma
- Atherosclerosis
- Athletes foot
- Atrial fibrillation
About this list
- A is the 4th most common first letter in this list: 19 of the 232 diseases (8%).
- Shortest: “ALS”. Longest: “Atrial fibrillation”.
- 4 names have more than one word.
- 6 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many diseases start with A?
- 19 of the 232 diseases in Icillion start with A, for example AIDS, Alzheimers and Asthma.
- What is the longest name among diseases that start with A?
- The longest is “Atrial fibrillation” and the shortest is “ALS”.
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