home / medterms medical dictionary a-z list / angiopathy definition Medical Definition of Angiopathy Angiopathy: Disease of the arteries, veins, and capillaries. There are two types of angiopathy: microangiopathy and macroangiopathy. In microangiopathy, the walls of small blood vessels become so thick and weak that they bleed, leak protein, and slow the flow of blood.
Citizenship is defined in the first clause of the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment as: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside.
At the end of the Civil War three amendments were drafted and signed into law. Those amendments were the Thirteenth Amendment, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Fifteenth Amendment. After 1877, when the Government withdrew the military from the Southern states, the Fourteenth Amendment was all but disregarded.