Excavation (medicine)

In medicine, excavation has two meanings:

• the act of hollowing out
• the space hollowed out, or a natural cavity or pouch

Examples of the latter include:

• Rectouterine pouch or excavation, between the uterus and the rectum
• Rectovesical excavation, between the rectum and the male bladder
• Vesicouterine excavation, between the bladder and the uterus in a female