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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Hypoalbuminemia (or hypoalbuminaemia) is a medical condition where blood levels of albumin are abnormally low. It is a type of hypoproteinemia. Albumin is a major protein in the human body, making up about 55-60% of total human plasma protein by mass.Many hormones, drugs, and other molecules are mostly bound to albumin in the bloodstream and must be released before becoming biologically active.ypoalbuminemia can also present as part of the nephrotic syndrome, in which protein is lost in the urine due to kidney damage. Low albumin levels can be an indicator of chronic malnutrition or protein losing enteropathy. Hypoalbuminemia may cause generalized edema (swelling) via a decrease in oncotic pressure.