Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.
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Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a neurological disorder in which muscles of one side of the face intermittently involuntarily contract, causing uncontrollable contortion of the face. HFS typically begins in the muscle surrounding the eye and can spread to involve other muscles on the same side of the face.FS is caused by hyperactivity of cranial nerve VII, aka the facial nerve, which originates in the brainstem and controls muscles of facial expression. The most common cause of HFS is irritation of the facial nerve from compression by an adjacent artery or vein.