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 detection of, or exposure to, a hypotonic environment, i.e. an environment with a lower concentration of solutes than the organism or cell. [GOC:jl, PMID:12598593]
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C5: Ontology GO: Gene Ontology GO:BP: GO Biological Process
