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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of a pyrimidine nucleotide, a compound consisting of nucleoside (a pyrimidine base linked to a deoxyribose or ribose sugar) esterified with a phosphate group at either the 3\' or 5\'-hydroxyl group of the sugar. [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198506732]
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