response to reactive oxygen species 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 reactive oxygen species stimulus. Reactive oxygen species include singlet oxygen, superoxide, and oxygen free radicals. response to active oxygen species GO:0000302 response to reactive oxygen intermediate response to AOS response to reactive oxidative species biological_process response to ROS response to ROI response to oxidative stress response to oxygen-containing compound