leatherize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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

From leather + -ize.

leatherizes (present, singular) leatherizing (participle, present) leatherized (participle, past) leatherized (past)

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