The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of purine nucleoside, one of a family of organic molecules consisting of a purine base covalently bonded to a sugar ribose (a ribonucleoside) or deoxyribose (a deoxyribonucleoside). [GOC:go_curators]
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C5: Ontology GO: Gene Ontology GO:BP: GO Biological Process