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The stage between two successive divisions of a cell nucleus in which the biochemical and physiologic functions of the cell are performed and replication of chromatin occurs. SYN: karyostasis.
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in·ter·phase 'int-ər-.fāz n the interval between the end of one mitotic or meiotic division and the beginning of another called also resting stage
in·ter·pha·sic -ik adj
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the period when a cell is not undergoing division (mitosis), during which activities such as DNA synthesis occur.
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in·ter·phase (inґtər-fāz) the portion of the cell cycle between two successive cell divisions, during which normal cellular metabolism occurs and DNA is synthesized; chromosomes are not individually distinguishable but occupy chromosomal territories. It is divided into three phases: G1>, S, and G2>.Medical dictionary. 2011.