While looking at example sentences, I came across this on tangorin:

彼{かれ}は視力{しりょく}を失{うし}った。

My understanding is that this is still the verb 失{うしな}う. Searching for the
kana form うしった hasn't led to any results.

If all this is true, why is part of the verb being truncated? Is this a common
shortening?
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kanji conjugations
Contraction of past form of 失う？