Bring to light contents of cell — lice and nits? (6)

I believe the answer is:

elicit

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'bring to light' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for elicit that I've seen before include "Draw out, call forth" , "Draw out, say a response" , "Bring out - evoke" , "Bring to light" , "Extract" .)

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