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No, the word 'hospital' is not an acronym. It actually derives from the Latin words 'hospitale' and 'hospes,' which refer to lodging for travelers and guests. The claim that 'hospital' stands for 'house of sick people including treatment and labor' is false and appears to have originated as a joke shared on social media in December 2018, with no historical basis supporting it[1][2][3].
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