"leatherize" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From leather + -ize.",
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          "ref": "1908, Transactions of the Sixth International Congress on Tuberculosis, volume 3, page 59:",
          "text": "Treatment by the x-ray does leatherize the tissues, producing a great deal of sclerotic tissue, and in that way is favorable.",
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          "ref": "1936, Collected Papers of the Mayo Clinic and the Mayo Foundation, page 466:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "To make leathery."
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        "(transitive) To make leathery."
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  "word": "leatherize"
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  "etymology_text": "From leather + -ize.",
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        "present"
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      "form": "leatherized",
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        "To make leathery."
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        "(transitive) To make leathery."
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