Term Name:	carbohydrate catabolic process
Synonyms:	carbohydrate breakdown, carbohydrate catabolism, carbohydrate degradation, catabolic carbohydrate metabolic process, catabolic carbohydrate metabolism, multicellular organismal carbohydrate catabolic process, single-organism carbohydrate catabolic process
Definition:	The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carbohydrates, any of a group of organic compounds based of the general formula Cx(H2O)y.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0016052] QuickGO AmiGO

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is a type of:	carbohydrate metabolic process catabolic process
has subtype:	alditol catabolic process D-galactonate catabolic process D-glucarate catabolic process Entner-Doudoroff pathway glycolytic process L-altrarate catabolic process L-galactonate catabolic process L-idonate catabolic process monosaccharide catabolic process oligosaccharide catabolic process polysaccharide catabolic process
regulated by:	regulation of carbohydrate catabolic process