PIM
Abbreviation with 3 meanings
| Stands for | Penalty minutes |
|---|---|
| Meanings | 3 |
| Categories | Sports, Medical, Business & Finance |
PIM has three meanings. The most common are Penalty minutes (ice hockey) and Potentially inappropriate medication (pharmacology); it can also stand for Product information management.
Meanings of PIM at a glance
| # | PIM stands for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penalty minutes | Sports › Ice Hockey |
| 2 | Potentially inappropriate medication | Medical › Pharmacology |
| 3 | Product information management | Business & Finance › E-commerce & Retail |
1. Penalty minutes
Sports · Ice Hockey Abbreviations
Total minutes of penalties assessed to a player or team: two for a minor, five for a major, ten for a misconduct. PIM was traditionally a measure of a player's toughness.
Example: The enforcer piled up 15 PIM in the second period alone.
Dave "Tiger" Williams holds the NHL career record with 3,966 penalty minutes, and Dave Schultz recorded 472 in 1974-75. Fighting has declined sharply since the 2000s, and PIM totals have dropped with it. Pronounced as letters.
2. Potentially inappropriate medication
Medical · Pharmacology Abbreviations
Drug whose risks generally outweigh its benefits in older adults, or in a specific condition, when safer alternatives exist. Lists such as the American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria and STOPP identify PIMs.
Example: PIM review: diphenhydramine and glyburide flagged; deprescribing plan discussed.
Geriatrician Mark Beers published the first criteria in 1991, and the American Geriatrics Society now updates them regularly, most recently in 2023. Common PIMs include strongly anticholinergic drugs, benzodiazepines, long-acting sulfonylureas and chronic NSAIDs. Prescribing a PIM is sometimes justified, so the lists guide judgment rather than forbid use.
3. Product information management
Business & Finance · E-commerce & Retail Abbreviations
Software and processes for storing, enriching and distributing product data such as titles, descriptions, specifications, images and translations to websites, marketplaces, catalogs and retail partners from one central source.
Example: We update product copy once in the PIM and it flows to Amazon, our site and the print catalog.
PIM systems are common at retailers and brands with thousands of products and many sales channels.
Related abbreviations
More ice hockey abbreviations
- NMC – No-movement clause
- NTC – No-trade clause
- OT – Overtime
- OTL – Overtime losses
- PK – Penalty kill
- PP – Power play
- PPG – Power-play goal
- PTO – Professional tryout
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More pharmacology abbreviations
- OIH – Opioid-induced hyperalgesia
- P-gp – P-glycoprotein
- PD – Pharmacodynamics
- PGx – Pharmacogenomics
- SAE – Serious adverse event
- STOPP – Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions
- t1/2 – Half-life
- TI – Therapeutic index
See all 36 pharmacology abbreviations →
This entry is for general education and is not medical advice. Abbreviation use varies between institutions; always confirm in context.