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yo⋅gurt

[yoh-gert]
–noun
a prepared food having the consistency of custard, made from milk curdled by the action of cultures, sometimes sweetened or flavored.
Also, yoghurt, yoghourt.


Origin:
1615–25; < Turk yoğurt
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yo·gurt also yo·ghurt or yo·ghourt   (yō'gərt)   
n.  A custardlike food with a tart flavor, prepared from milk curdled by bacteria, especially Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus, and often sweetened or flavored with fruit.

[Turkish yoart, yourt, from your, to knead.]
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Word Origin & History

yogurt 
1625, a mispronunciation of Turk. yogurt, in which the -g- is a "soft" sound, in many dialects closer to an Eng. "w." The root yog means roughly "to condense" and is related to yogun "intense," yogush "liquify" (of water vapor), yogur "knead."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: yo·gurt
Variant: also yo·ghurt /'yO-g&rt/
Function: noun
: a fermented slightly acid often flavored semisolidfood made of whole or skimmed cow's milk and milk solids to which cultures of bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus (L. bulgarius) and Streptococcus (S. thermophilus) havebeen added
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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