Usually, no specific medical treatment is needed if a virus is causing the sore throat. The throat most often gets better on its own within five to seven days. Antibiotic medicine does not cure viral pharyngitis. For acute pharyngitis caused by bacteria, your health-care provider may prescribe an antibiotic.
The definition of attainment is an act of achieving or getting something or something that is achieved or acquired. Working on a Ph.D. is an example of an attainment.
The loss of all civil rights by a person sentenced for a serious crime. [< OFr. attaindre, to convict] Source: AHD. In the context of the Constitution, a Bill of Attainder is meant to mean a bill that has a negative effect on a single person or group (for example, a fine or term of imprisonment).