This is what I think about when I’m bored at work waiting for a new software release to test
Cyanide is a chemical compound that is so named because it’s used in blue dyes like Prussian blue.
Cyanosis is a medical term for a blue coloration around the extremities or lips deriving from a lack of oxygen.
Both words derive from the Greek kyanous meaning “blue”
Cyanide is also a poison that binds to hemoglobin in the blood, preventing oxygen from binding and suffocating it’s victim.
Because of the way it acts, cyanide causes cyanosis.
But the two words came about independently and just share their connection to kyanous because of a coincidence.
Weird.
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