(Last Menstrual Period) The date your last period started. This is used to calculate your due date and the date from which your 40 weeks of pregnancy officially starts. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21460
Type: Abbreviation Definitions: 1. Abbreviation for left mentoposterior position; last menstrual period; latent membrane protein; low molecular weight proteins, under protein. 2. Gene product of Epstein-Barr virus (latent membrane protein). Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=51024
LMP: Abbreviation for 'last menstrual period.' By convention, pregnancies are dated in weeks starting from the first day of a woman's last menstrual period (LMP). If her menstrual periods are regular and ovulation occurs on day 14 of her cycle, conception takes place about 2 weeks after her LMP. A woman is therefore considered to be 6 weeks pregnan... Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=13607
The calendar date of a woman's last menstrual period before fertilization occured. This is the point in time from which the pregnancy is measured and the due date is calculated. Synonym(s): Last Menstrual Period Found on http://www.pregnology.com/