leatherize

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verb

To make leathery.

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Meanings

verbleatherize (third-person singular simple present leatherizes, present participle leatherizing, simple past and past participle leatherized)

present singular third person leatherizes · participle present leatherizing · participle past leatherized · past leatherized

  1. transitiveTo make leathery.

    Treatment by the x-ray does leatherize the tissues, producing a great deal of sclerotic tissue, and in that way is favorable.

    1908, Transactions of the Sixth International Congress on Tuberculosis, volume 3, page 59
    1 more example

    I had read of some remedies that were injected into the gland to leatherize the tissue and check the over-active circulation of the gland, so I tried injecting sesquichloride of iron in a few cases.

    1936, Collected Papers of the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation, page 466

Origin

From leather + -ize.

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APA

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Chicago

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