Term Name: response to toxic substance
Synonyms: detoxification response, toxin resistance, toxin susceptibility/resistance
Definition: 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 toxic stimulus.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0009636]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: detoxification
is a type of: response to chemical
has subtype: cellular response to toxic substance response to fungicide response to herbicide response to insecticide response to microbial phytotoxin response to mycotoxin response to nematicide