leatherize
verbEtymology From leather + -ize.
1
To 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:
- 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: