More appropriately called interphase. The interval in the cell cycle between two cell divisions when the individual chromosomes cannot be distinguished, interphase was once thought to be the resting phase but it is far from a time of rest for the cell. It is the time when DNA is replicated in the cell nucleus.
PHASE, RESTING
Meaning of PHASE, RESTING in English
English dictionary of medicine. Английский словарь медицины. 2012