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Diseases that start with H
Looking for diseases that begin with H? Here are 14 of them in alphabetical order, from “Hand foot and mouth disease” to “Hypothyroidism”.
Diseases that begin with H
- Hand foot and mouth disease
- Hantavirus
- Hashimotos diseasealso Hashimotos thyroiditis, Hashimotos
- Heart disease
- Hemochromatosisalso Haemochromatosis
- Hemophiliaalso Haemophilia
- Hendra virusalso Hendra
- Hepatitis
- Herpes
- HPV
- Huntingtons diseasealso Huntingtons
- Hypertensionalso High blood pressure
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
About this list
- H is the 6th most common first letter in this list: 14 of the 232 diseases (6%).
- Shortest: “HPV”. Longest: “Hand foot and mouth disease”.
- 5 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 H?
- 14 of the 232 diseases in Icillion start with H, for example Heart disease, Hepatitis and Herpes.
- What is the longest name among diseases that start with H?
- The longest is “Hand foot and mouth disease” and the shortest is “HPV”.
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