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Forgetting a name is unusual (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amnesia

'forgetting' is the definition.
(medical condition affecting the memory)

'a name is unusual' is the wordplay.
'unusual' indicates an anagram.
'name'+'is'='nameis'
'nameis' anagrammed gives 'mnesia'.
'a'+'mnesia'='AMNESIA'

(Other definitions for amnesia that I've seen before include "illness" , "Partial or total loss of memory" , "memory problem" , "Completely forgetting" , "Medical condition" .)

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