glycol catabolic process
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glycol, a diol in which the two hydroxy groups are on different carbon atoms, usually but not necessarily adjacent.
GO:0034313
diol catabolic process
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GO:0042844
glycol metabolic process
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dihydric alcohol catabolic process
broad
dihydric alcohol catabolism
broad
glycol breakdown
exact
glycol catabolism
exact
glycol degradation
exact