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Diseases that start with S
26 diseases start with S, from “Salmonella” to “Syphilis”. Every one of them counts as an answer in Icillion.
Diseases starting with S
- Salmonellaalso Salmonellosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Sarcoma
- SARS
- Scabies
- Scarlet fever
- Schistosomiasisalso Bilharzia
- Schizophrenia
- Scleroderma
- Scrapie
- Scrofulaalso Kings evil
- Scrub typhus
- Scurvy
- Shingles
- Sickle cell diseasealso Sickle cell anemia, Sickle cell anaemia, Sickle cell
- Silicosis
- Sjogrens syndrome
- Skin cancer
- Sleeping sicknessalso African trypanosomiasis
- Smallpox
- Strep throat
- Stroke
- Sweating sicknessalso English sweating sickness
- Swine flualso H1N1
- Sydenham choreaalso St Vitus dance
- Syphilis
About this list
- S is the most common first letter in this list: 26 of the 232 diseases (11%).
- Shortest: “SARS”. Longest: “Sickle cell disease”.
- 10 names have more than one word.
- 8 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many diseases start with S?
- 26 of the 232 diseases in Icillion start with S, for example Smallpox, Scarlet fever and Syphilis.
- What is the longest name among diseases that start with S?
- The longest is “Sickle cell disease” and the shortest is “SARS”.
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