Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a stimulus. The process begins with detection of the stimulus and ends with a change in state or activity or the cell or organism. [ GOC:bf GOC:ai ]
Synonyms: physiological response to stimulus
Term information
gocheck_do_not_manually_annotate, goslim_flybase_ribbon, goslim_pir, goslim_agr, prokaryote_subset, goslim_mouse
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