Term Name:	response to salt stress
Synonyms:	response to ionic osmotic stress, salinity response
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 stimulus indicating an increase or decrease in the concentration of salt (particularly but not exclusively sodium and chloride ions) in the environment.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0009651]    QuickGO    AmiGO