Key Points. Lactate concentration in blood is a measure of anaerobic metabolism, which occurs when cells are not getting enough oxygen to support normal aerobic energy production. An elevated lactate level is most commonly caused by a decrease in blood flow to the cells, systemically or locally.
discovery noun (FINDING) B2 [ C or U ] the process of finding information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time, or the thing that is found: the discovery of electricity. Leonardo made many scientific discoveries.
1. pertaining to or of the nature of a revolution. 2. productive of or characterized by radical change: a revolutionary discovery. 3. (cap.) of or pertaining to the American Revolution or to the period contemporaneous with it.