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= Pluviam Testicula = Pluviam Testicula (from Latin pluviam (IPA: plˈuvjam) 'rain, shower, wet, rainstorm' and testiculum (IPA: testikˈulʊm) 'testicle, balls') also know as Hoppo's Pluviam Testicula Condition, after Cooper Hoppo (2008 - not much later than 2023, South Australia), who was the first person to officially document the condition is a disease in which the individual's left testicle noticeably hurts within around 24 hours of the next rainstorm. Although poorly documented it is also associated with the saying "left balls hurts, it's gonna rain".

Origins of the condition
Although it is highly disputed whether bodily pains are in fact accurate signs of certain weather events, especially with its strong support from groups such as the Weather Loreists, it has been a not uncommon belief, by mostly Western cultures, dating back to the Middle ages and even Ancient Greece. Furthermore, is has also been in the scientific eye since the 1960's, when an experiment was conducted that consistently found a connection between increased pain and cold/wet weather events. This 1960's experiment mainly found patients with arthritis where those who suffered from increasing pain before a rainstorm, or a similar percipitational weather event, however, there were also patients who suffered from worsened migraines, fractures, toothaches, and even scar pains. In a scientific review published June of 2020 by Robert H. Shmerling, MD further suggested that there is a highly perceivable pain-increase, mainly in arthritis that accompanies cooler, wetter weather and such weather events. However, the actual biological causes of this were not pin pointed:"'Despite this, we still don't know whether it is one particular feature of the weather or a combination of features that matters. There are many potential factors — humidity, temperature, precipitation, and barometric pressure among them.' - R. H. Shmerling"A more decisive statement was made in May, 2021 by Jaime McLeod claiming that the shift in air pressure before a rainstorm likely causes the dilution of blood vessels, which in turn stimulates the nerve endings in sensitive areas, such as in bad teeth, sore feet, creaky knees, or testicles. Pluviam Testicula itself is a form of rain-pains, which is a group of conditions in which the environmental change before a rainstorm cause bodily pain.

Concerns in 2023 by Cooper Hoppo, who claimed that 100% of the time, not including those were there was outside interference, whenever his left testicle ached it would rain within around a 24 hour period. With outside interference including being kicked, punched, slapped or by any other bludgeoning or physical means being injured in the testicular area, which would also lead to pain in the left testicle. Conversely to some misunderstandings, Hoppo did not claim that pain in his left testicle was necessary for it to rain, but instead that pain in his left testicle signaled that it would rain soon.

In popular culture
Although not popularly recognized as a reference to Pluviam Testicula until 2023, the phrase "left balls hurts, it's gonna rain", and similar, are now widely accepted to in fact be referring to it. This saying comes from the older ditty below: A coming storm your shooting corns presage,

And aches will throb, your hollow tooth will rage. A now mostly archaic rhyme, but remains seldom used and is commonly shortened to more snappy expressions such as “Oh, my bones are aching. It must be about to rain,”.