Peter Close (asker) Jun 19, 2023:

Zoi, I did not say that I would write 'intrauterine catheter' in the translation, I merely mentioned it because that was the only medical meaning of 'UPC' that I had been able to find until then. Even I know what an 'intrauterine catheter' is used for. I therfore knew that that meaning could not apply in that particular case. Later, I found more medical meanings of 'UPC', but, as I could not be sure that any of them applied in my particular case, I eventually wrote 'UPC' as 'UPC' and did not expand the abbreviation.

Zoi Patrinou Jun 13, 2023:

Intrauterine catheter is in Greek " ενδομήτριος καθετήρας" so check your source text first. Is it about operations on females?

D. Harvatis Jun 13, 2023:

Of course, keeping the acronym in English is always a safe option. But I don't think that an intrauterine catheter would be called "ουροκαθετήρας" in Greek, since these are different parts.

Peter Close (asker) Jun 13, 2023:

Thank you both. However, I have found this: "Intrauterine pressure catheter (UPC) catheter that can be placed through the cervix into the uterus to measure the uterine pressure during labor." So, for the time being, I think that I will call it a UPC catheter.

Zoi Patrinou Jun 13, 2023:

I agree. Probably "UPC" stands for the product code.

D. Harvatis Jun 13, 2023:

Could it be a copy/paste error, where the original text mentioned the catheter's Universal Product Code and the acronym "UPC" was copied along with the word "Ουροκαθετήρα"?